And let’s make no mistake: paddling children is assault. The fact is that if you struck anyone other than a child on the buttocks with a paddle, they would have every right to press charges. The brutality of the situation at GCIS is compounded by the fact that the individuals who will enforce the paddling rules are teachers — people tasked with assuming trust and providing guidance. If the school’s teachers do send kids to be paddled by an administrator, they aren’t just making an ill-informed judgment call about corporal punishment....

As a little girl, it was hard for us to connect. He loved me, absolutely, but when you’re a big rough-and-tumble football guy and a little girl comes into your life, it can be hard to know what to do. You should have seen the relief on my dad’s face the day everything changed between us: the day I wanted to get on the field. He was over the moon with excitement, and just like that, I became the protégé of the most awesome hero ever: my dad....

“At the start of the new year, millions of Americans will resolve to lose weight, but by tomorrow, or next week, or maybe next month, most of them will have given up trying,” Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer and Dr. Marcia Angell wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine. “There is a dark side to this national preoccupation.” Many who make these commitments cannot follow through, and so “the vast amounts of money spent on diet clubs, special foods, and over-the-counter remedies, estimated to be on the order of $30 billion to $50 billion yearly, is wasted....

Every year during this time when summer vacation winds down and it’s back to school, there is one activity I like to do with my three sons as my wife and I prep them to start a new grade: I ask them to start thinking about goals and what they’d like to accomplish by the end of the school year. They create blocks that are sectioned off by “My Goals” and “My Actions” that are placed on the refrigerator for the rest of the year as visual reminders....

Titled Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, the new Epcot ride is a stand out from Disney’s California Adventure ride, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout. The new attraction is set to open to the public at the end of this month and the early reviews are already calling this ride one not to miss. This roller coaster isn’t like the ones we grew up riding – it’s an immersive Disney “storytelling coaster” that is like an amped up version of the Disney ride It’s a Small World....

The 30-second spot begins with Kemp sitting in a chair casually polishing his shotgun before introducing the viewer to “Jake, a young man interested in one of his daughters.” Kemp then grills the nervous boy about his stance on major campaign issues and asks the teen to reiterate Kemp’s two rules for dating one of his daughters. “Respect and a healthy appreciation for the Second Amendment, sir” replies the teen....

Behrendt, who also works as a stand-up comedian and guitarist in a punk band, has since written three books of relationship advice with his wife, Amiira Ruotuola-Behrendt. Their latest, the bluntly titled How to Keep Your Marriage From Sucking, out on July 17th is a how to book that explains through anecdotes of their own stumblings and shortcomings, how to do it right. We asked Bedhrendt about the book and what he’s learned from his own marriage....

RELATED: Nerf Unveils Its Most Insane Automatic Blaster Yet The Nerf Battle Racer by Hauck Toys is a 4-wheeled mutant Bigwheel designed to let your kid go mini Mad Max all over the neighborhood. It’s got two blaster storage brackets in the front, two in the rear, extra dart storage between the two front guns and in driver’s seat compartments, 3-point steering, and a handbrake. Unfortunately, with a weight limit of 110 pounds, this junior combat Jeep cannot contain an overzealous dad....

The new study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, reveals that a man’s brain undergoes a slight shrinkage when his newborn arrives, complementing similar research showing that women undergo cerebral changes during motherhood too. “Across the board, we found similar reductions in gray matter, sort of suggesting that the brain was becoming more streamlined and possibly more efficient over that transition to first-time parenthood in the fathers,” says Darby Saxbe, Ph....

Kids get frustrated when tying shoes too. Learning how to tie your shoes requires fine motor skills that many children are still developing. Many parents stop at the two-loop method, known as the easy way to tie shoes. Others, braver folk, teach kids the most traditional way of tying shoes — getting the bunny to run around the tree and find the hole. But that way of tying shoes requires dextrous, nimble fingers, a working vocabulary, and gargantuan vats of patience....

This might be hard to believe, but the Rock kind of took-over the Fast & Furious franchise from the inside very late in the game. His character, DSS agent Luke Hobbs didn’t show up until the fifth movie in the series, Fast Five. That 2011 film also saw the return of Ludacris as the character Tej Parker, who first appeared in the second movie, 2 Fast 2 Furious. The point?...

Many assume that most parents who choose to homeschool their kids do so for religious reasons. While that may have been true at some point, religious motivation is no longer the number one driving factor behind decisions to homeschool. According to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics, only 16 percent of parents homeschooled children in order to provide specific religious education....

The deadlines for the various tax credits are all over the place. Some, like solar panel installations, are retroactive to 2022; others, like electric vehicle tax credits, are only available in 2023 and onward. Here’s how to make heads and tails of it. What Inflation Reduction Act Tax Credits Are Available? First of all, if you make more than $150,000 as a single filer, $225,000 as a head of household, or $300,000 as a married couple filing jointly, you don’t qualify for these tax credits or rebates....

If you are a parent who is just starting to read to your child, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t buy The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska. But I am saying you may want to think about the consequences if you decide to introduce this atomic bomb of adorableness into your life. This book might be too cute for its own good, and more importantly, may threaten the sanity of you and your child....

Through a blend of design and environmental happenstance, deep and unchangeable portions of our children end up remarkably similar — if not identical — to ourselves. So often, our perspective of our children is muddied by our own experience. You recognize in them who you are and who you were. And then they do something so out of sorts to you that makes you wonder what life is like on their home planet....

A simple “Thank You” is great. But, let’s be honest, it’s the store brand of showing gratitude and acknowledgement. It’s easy to say, gets the job done, and no one will dispute that, when said sincerely, it conveys genuine appreciation. But, is “Thank You” really the best we can do when it comes to recognizing the person we love? No. True appreciation is deeper, and much more nuanced. It’s about validation, saying — through words or through actions; often through both — I recognized this great thing you did, I’m thinking about you and how wonderful you are, or, simply, I notice you and don’t take you for granted....

As the preparations for the 10-day service get underway and nations worldwide send condolences, the royal family is mourning. And according to a source that spoke to Closer, Kate Middleton wanted to make sure her three kids — Prince George, 8, Princess Charlotte, 7, and 4-year-old Prince Louis — heard from her that their beloved great-grandmother had died. It was previously reported that while other senior members of the royal family changed plans to head to Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, following reports of the Queen’s ailing health, Kate stayed behind....

That’s far from the worst of it. “I was out at a concert with a friend,” an anonymous Tumblr user wrote in September. “Some guy approached me and started talking to me and trying to make advances; I tried to make it clear I wasn’t interested. He didn’t get the message so I blatantly told him I wasn’t. He got angry and punched me in the face.” The worst stories aren’t told in the first person....

What the Data Says About Abortion Safety Overall, research shows abortion is a safe medical procedure. From 1998 to 2010, more than 16 million abortions occurred in the US, resulting in the deaths of 108 women, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means less than 1 out of every 100,000 abortions leads to the pregnant person’s death. That number has been in decline. Overall, compared to childbirth, abortion is 14 times safer....