Honest answer, sure. But … Wow. This “wait until inevitable consequences” behavior has created a parenting schism. For my wife, the name of the discipline game is now called Ultimatum. She makes her requests nicely a couple of times, says “final warning” and when the boys fail to comply, she drops the hammer. The result is usually a power struggle of epic proportions (particularly with the 8-year-old), and an unsatisfying conclusion for all....

One such drone, the Gladius Advanced Pro, can capture 12 megapixel still images and 4K video. More or less a smaller version of Jacques Cousteau’s mini-submarines, it has dual dimmable LED lights that let you capture footage even as you pilot your drone deeper into the water and an image stabilization algorithm that helps ensure your well-lit footage is smooth. The first step to using the Gladius is selecting either a freshwater or seawater buoyancy module that easily snaps onto the body of the drone, which resembles a flat yellow submarine....

We had back to back kids. The first one was so easy, we thought at the time. We were like, oh, we can do this again. My wife was literally nursing our one-year-old while pregnant and about to give birth to our next one. It was a lot. When our second son was born, it was almost like having twins in many ways. We had a lot of sympathy for folks who had twins after we had our two back to back....

RELATED: The Dangerous Toy and Baby Product Recalls That Happened in February Fortunately, there are multiple government agencies ⏤ most importantly the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which has jurisdiction over more than 15,000 kinds of consumer products ⏤ and watchdog groups like KidsinDanger.org and Safe Kids Worldwide who keep tabs on it all. In fact, six federal agencies have joined together to create Recalls.gov, an online hub where they “alert the American people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products....

title: “The Most Massive Lego Sets That You Can Buy Right Now” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-29” author: “Ronald Frazier”

For Disney+ day, Shang-Chi is streaming at no additional cost. Unlike Black Window or Mulan, this means you do not — repeat do not — have to pay the additional $29.99 to watch Shang-Chi. It’s just on there with a regular Disney+ subscription. What Makes Shang-Chi So Great Although many superhero stories focus on underdogs who find their story as heroes, the character Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) is unique insofar as he’s a guy who is trying to shake a legacy of anti-heroes....

According to The Hill, in the week before the pandemic, some 12 million kids under age five were in some sort of paid child care arrangement. That meant that about 5 million families paid someone to care for their kids during the day. About one million of those kids come from low income families that receive subsidized child care from the Child Care Development Block Grant. This number, of course, doesn’t include the many millions of kids in traditional school arrangements (those aged six or older) or who are in paid after-school programs....

Every kid hits developmental milestones at their own pace, and for a lot of 15-month-olds, that will depend on environmental factors. Babies who are carried all the time, for example, may take longer to develop the leg muscles and coordination required for standing and taking first steps. And temperament can play into how eager a child is to try new types of movement as some kids are content to scoot and crawl if it gets them where they want to go....

The answer is that developmental milestones for 18-month-olds, or any other age for that matter, tend to be contingent on the culture and environment a kid is growing up in. A baby who receives regular leg-strengthening exercises and massage early in life, as is the case in some African cultures, might walk sooner than a child from another culture that is carried all the time. But regardless of when these kids might start walking, they eventually gain the skills they need to toddle around, explore, and interact with their particular environment....

I was in the kitchen making my world-famous dragon eggs dinner (eggs scrambled with cut-up hot dogs and cheese) when I felt a vibration in my pocket. It was an app notification from our local school. My twelve-year-old daughter, Ruby, had missed turning in her Spanish assignment, which had been due exactly twelve seconds before. My instant reaction to that buzzing, though, was hundreds of thousands of years in the making....

Unfortunately, some parents give their baby a name only for it to feel like it doesn’t fit after all the paperwork that comes with welcoming a baby. (Like Kylie Jenner famously changing the name of her son, who was formerly known as Wolf.) So, they have to change the name — it happens. But have you ever wondered which names are changed the most often? The Washington Post wanted to find out, so they tapped the Social Security Administration to dig up a list....

Now, keeping an open ear for what your partner and kids are looking for shouldn’t be a huge ask, but if it’s something you struggle with in your family, there’s another solution and it’s easier than you might think. In fact, it produces better results anyway — relieving you and your partner of the burden of putting what they want and need into words of pleading and, ultimately, frustration. It’s called emotional synchrony, and no, it’s not the name of a prog rock supergroup, no matter how much it sounds like one....

This is the second time the administration has attempted to roll back, or slow down, an aggressive plan that would provide healthier meals for kids in schools. The administration’s first attempt in 2018 slowed down the timeline in which schools would have to lower the sodium content in their breakfasts and lunches. It also rolled back stringent whole grain requirements and allowed schools to provide one percent flavored milk, which had previously been banned....

Hemsworth took to Instagram on July 11 to highlight his daughter’s presence behind the scenes over the years he’s been involved in the Thor franchise. With approximately 11 years between the first Thor movie and the most recent one, Chris’s daughter, India Rose, has grown up on set. The first of the two shots Chris shared on his Instagram profile features India Rose as a young baby. Chris towers next to her, dressed in his Thor costume while standing in front of a green screen....

The St. Louis Board of Alderman, the legislative body of the city, has passed a motion to provide monthly payments of $500 to more than 400 local families. And on Dec. 28, Major Tishaura Jones announced that she had signed the bill into law. To qualify for the payout, families must have at least one child enrolled in city public schools, have experienced a quantifiable negative financial impact related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and must earn less than 140% of the U....

A day after Halloween, on November 1, 2022, Reddit user jd_shaloop posted a few images of his son decked out in a homemade Paul Atreides costume. Clearly, this dad modeled his son’s stillsuit on the design from the 2021 film Dune: Part I. And, let’s just say it: He freaking nailed it. Because this Dune dad is basically the father of Muad’dib, it makes sense he’d want to preserve his kid’s privacy....

The father and son relationship is evident through the passion for their work. Each one of them uses their unique talents to contribute to the legacy of the organization. John III applies his talents to organ design with his electrical engineering background, and he is a noted concert organist, having the ears to tune every organ he encounters. Frank Peragallo studied cabinet making and creates the organ layout drawings, casework, and structural details....

Writing for Romper, Crystal Henry says that Kondo’s method is tricky for messy parents because “it’s much harder to identify what sparks joy when everything you own is hard-won.” This opens up an interesting and thoughtful essay on the socioeconomics of who exactly gets really pumped about the Kondo-craze. Though nuanced, essentially, Henry’s argument comes to a head in one great line “the trend toward a minimalist lifestyle is privileged....

The wedding of Diciembre and Tashia Farries was taking place at Santa Monica Beach in California and the 65-year-old actor noticed the ceremony from afar when he decided to come over and offer his congratulations. As Hanks approached the couple, someone shouted that it was Sheriff Woody, referencing his iconic voice acting in the Toy Story franchise. “He said, ‘I saw the ceremony from back there and it had to be one of the most beautiful ceremonies that I’ve ever seen,’” Tashia said on The Today Show....

The confusion first started when Holland and a few of his castmates began sharing titles for the upcoming Spider-Man movie on social media, including Phone Home, Home-Wrecker, and Home Slice. These obvious joke titles proved to just be a ramp-up for the real title of the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was officially confirmed today on Twitter. While the faux-title controversy was just some good old internet fun, Holland managed to drum up some genuine controversy in an interview with Jimmy Fallon when he denied the rumors that Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield, who previously played the friendly neighborhood web-slinger, would be showing up in the third MCU Spider-Man movie....