Without any sort of announcement or acknowledgment, Disney Plus removed several movies that feature racist stereotypes from Kids profiles, including Dumbo, Peter Pan, and The Jungle Book. This, of course, does not mean that any of these movies have actually been removed from the streaming service, only that they cannot be found on profiles that have been set up for children, which is a fairly simple workaround for any tech-savvy kid....

According to the custodians who spoke with The Wall Street Journal, this event occurs about once a month and is common enough that there is actually a designated code for it: HEPA cleanup, which references the ultrafine vacuum cleaner that is used when ashes are found. The most common places custodians will find ashes are on the rides, with the Haunted Mansion unsurprisingly taking the top spot, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean and It’s a Small World....

“Some dads,” she told me. “Shouldn’t see the percentiles.” She was right, of course. The head circumference of a child has essentially nothing to do with intelligence and, as long as your baby’s head is average-size and regularly growing, there’s no cause for alarm when they come in a bit behind the curve. Still, a handful of preliminary studies have suggested links between brain size, head size, and intelligence. That research can’t necessarily be dismissed out of hand so it’s hard to figure whether or not head size matters — especially with all that percentile data clouding the picture....

The American Kennel Club wanted to find out which dog breeds were the most popular in 2021. Being the “only purebred dog registry in the United States maintaining systematic inspections and investigations,” the club has unique access to data showing which breeds are the most sought after each year. “In a time when there are more families with dogs than with children, it’s no surprise that the breeds vary widely, from large guard dogs to agile herders, to tiny toy breeds and everything in between,” the club writes....

The recipe was originally developed in 1986 as a treat for hotel VIPs, in a press release. It’s not quite KFC tweeting out the 11 original herbs and spices or Coca-Cola publishing the original formula for Coke, but it’s welcome news for anyone who’s ever wanted to whip up some DoubleTree cookies from the comfort of home. “We know this is an anxious time for everyone,” said Shawn McAteer, senior vice president and global head of DoubleTree by Hilton....

At 90-years-old, William Shatner became the oldest human being to ever travel in space, a fact which is made even more spectacular by the fact that for millions, since 1966, he’s also known as his fictional alter ego; the space hero Captain James T. Kirk, in various iterations of Star Trek. In Star Trek: The Original Series, Captain Kirk famously gave a rousing speech to his staff, telling them that part of space travel and the enterprising human spirit was because “risk is our business!...

I’m a “news junkie” and I have a five-year-old daughter. There’s a lot of news recently and I can’t seem to turn off the radio or TV when the news is one, even if my daughter is in the room. Is this bad for her? Brandon, Baltimore, Maryland * I hear you, Brandon. I’m also a news junkie. Luckily, I work from my home office where colleagues cannot hear my cries of anguish and disbelief as I take in the daily headlines....

Close to 60,000 families will receive $450 per child to help offset the burden of rising inflation. To fund the payments, DeSantis, who is up for re-election this fall, will reallocate $35.5 million from the $1 billion the state received through Biden’s American Rescue Act. “This one-time payment assists families who are being affected by rising inflation and preparing to send their children back to school,” Florida Department of Children and Families spokesperson Laura Walthall told Insider....

This gorgeous smartwatch pays tribute to one of the most badass characters in the entire Star Wars saga. The design is all about her Jedi insignia, and the back features her inspiring words: “Nothing’s impossible.” Which is pretty damn true, when you’re wearing this watch. The former has a white leather band and a 40-mm case with a silver bezel bearing the Jedi insignia. The latter has a black leather band with Sith-read stitching and a 45-mm case with a dark slate duarsteel bezel bearing details inspired by Vader’s TIE fighter cockpit....

Here’s what parents should know about indoor air pollution, health risks, and efforts to change the way we cook at home. What comes out of gas stoves? Gas stoves run on natural gas, a mixture of hydrocarbons such as methane. Cooking with one is easy; they usually light automatically and burn gas without any smoke or soot. But just as with burning any fossil fuel, cooking with gas releases compounds we can’t see....

All these elements add up a to a fun, reliable bike that will take you just about anywhere, letting you cross effortlessly from pavement to dirt and back again. Most gravel bikes come equipped with multiple mounts for water bottles and bags, too. Pack up panniers or saddle bags with all the gear you’ll need for a weekend under the stars or load them up with a few provisions for a family picnic....

In fact, both shootings took place in areas where civilian firepower is considerable and armed response had been actively considered. In a sense, they happened to schools that modeled a lot of the policies those who would seek to solve this issue of gun violence with more guns advocate. In Texas, over one million people have active Concealed Handgun Licenses and over three percent of the population are gun-owners. Based on publicly available data compiled in 2016, in the zip code of Santa Fe High School alone, there are at least 441 people with concealed handgun licenses, and in the surrounding zip codes, there are nearly 8,000....

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This past year, the housing market has exploded. The pandemic increased the demand for homes and paired with the tight supply and low mortgage rates, it was a seller’s market. As a result, home prices skyrocketed, often going way above the asking price. There’s been lots of crystal ball gazing about whether or not the market is slowing down, but recently, one subtle change took place, and it might be a sign that things are slowing or at least reaching a plateau....

Around 23,000 kids in the foster care system age out of the system every year. Many of those kids have no permanent placements lined up when they turn 18 and become homeless. Some of them enter other institutions. One investigation by the Kansas City Star found that, of 6,000 prison inmates interviewed, 1 in 4 had been a product of the foster care system. As the system overcrowds, more and more children are put into untenable and unsafe situations: in 2019 in Texas, reports of abuse and mistreatment skyrocketed....

The millions of Americans who aren’t required to file a tax refund are still eligible for the new and improved child tax credit included in the American Rescue Plan signed into law by Joe Biden in March. And in lieu of forcing them to complete a tax return—an unnecessarily complicated process—the IRS has created an online tool to gather information and disburse child tax credit payments to the non-filers who deserve them....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Parental and Paternity Leave “There’s more noise that paid family leave is possible, that the time has finally come, in I’d say the past two years, versus the previous twenty,” says Gary Barker, CEO of Promundo, an NGO that advocates for gender equality. So what can you do to help push for paid leave, whether you’re fighting for your own time or advocating for others?...

“What we’re doing as parents is teaching kids how to be good human beings,” says Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids. “It doesn’t happen through lectures, but what they actually experience.” Markham explains that when a kid has a parent that never apologizes, they’re likely to conclude that apologies are unimportant. And that learning sticks, even if a parent consistently insists that their child apologizes to siblings or a friend....

When a man hears a sibling is having a kid, they have to scramble for information and quickly realize expectations for uncles vary wildly by family and culture. A fourth generation American relocated to Minnesota by work who has a niece back in Syracuse that he sees maybe three times a year, uncles in a vastly way than a Yemeni immigrant living among extended family whose nephew works after school at his shop....