But that was the 80s. Modern parents believe themselves to be far more sophisticated. After all, ours is a digital world. Should we so choose, we can lock down access to adult content on streaming sites, ban websites completely, restrict access to certain apps and limit screen time altogether. Also, we have a veritable potpourri of age ratings for programs — TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 — and we know that the fine folks at the streaming services have done most of the work for us....

Here, Cal Newport, a computer scientist at Georgetown and author of Deep Work, makes a case for a ‘digital detox.’ He argues that smartphones, apps, and screen time have greatly diminished our quality of life, not just because we’re looking at screens and engaging in a non-physical social world, but largely because of what he refers to as a ‘fragmenting’ effect — that the 10 seconds it takes for you to look at your phone greatly diminishes the quality of any in-person experience you may be having at that time....

The Bridge Project has received $16 million in funding from the Monarch Foundation, funded by entrepreneur Holly Fogle and her husband, venture capitalist Jeff Lieberman. The goal is to determine the impact of a monthly stipend on low-income families with young children. The U.S. is one of the few developed countries that doesn’t offer some sort of guaranteed income for parents. Recently, the idea of guaranteed income has taken root, and some municipalities have given it a try—with much success....

These are the culprits to consider as the nation reels from yet another school shooting. This one took place on May 7 at the STEM School Highlands Ranch – just a few miles from Columbine High School. The high school was the site of a shooting in 1999, which – at the time – was the nation’s worst school shooting in history. It also took place just a couple of weeks after the 20-year anniversary of the Columbine shooting....

Published last week on the website io9, it appears this over-the-top list underwent a vetting process that only a lifelong aficionado with 14 years worth of mint condition action figures in his living room can offer. “There are no members of Cobra here,” Bricken notes. “But every GI Joe: ARAH figure that was a genuine member of Joe from 1982-94 should be included.” If you’ve been waiting to validate your lifelong belief that Tunnel Rat was better than Budo, prepare to phone up your fourth grade buddy to give him a firm “I told you so,” because — as Bricken points out — an actual samurai warrior was precisely the moment when GI Joe really started reaching....

are part of life now, no matter how badly your kids wish otherwise. The evidence is strong that wearing a mask not only protects others from what you’re potentially carrying, but it also reduces your own risk of getting COVID-19. If you do get sick, wearing a mask when you’re exposed to the coronavirus means you may be more likely to be asymptomatic or have mild illness. But what about wearing two masks?...

“To have no regrets, you think that absolutely everything you’ve done and everything that happened to you is perfect just the way it is, or you just don’t have the perspective to see that it’s not,” says Anna Gotlib, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College CUNY. Gotlib is the editor of The Moral Psychology of Regret in which neuroscientists, philosophers, lawyers, and other thinkers interrogate the essential backwards-looking emotion to offer insight and perspective....

I reach for my bedside table and turn off the CPAP machine—a moment without breath, held in the machine’s pale blue light. With a practiced flow of movement, I sweep the blankets and bedsheet from my body with one hand and the breathing mask from my face with the other; the mask falls to my pillow as my feet touch the carpet and my lungs refill with air. This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader....

Our window into this exclusive toddler nirvana comes from the well-meaning administrator who regularly tweets out notifications about the day-to-day happenings. “The toddlers won’t participate in Inclusive Red Rover (where everyone walks over together). All they want to do is check their privilege” reads one update.“Our STEM curriculum now includes kale etiquette, the art of broccoli scrubbing, and how to choose the right flower for your current emotion” reads another....

This is the realm of marriage advice. It’s something of a pastime to ask guests at a wedding to write it down on cards. But you’re dressed up, feeling good, and haven’t been married for a day. The need will come later when the honeymoon is over in every sense, and you’re wondering what exactly to do. Fatherly talked to ten guys about a surprising piece of wisdom that they received....

Plus, if you have an angsty tween in your life, they’re going to get into this eventually, anyway, right? We’re gonna recommend the three volumes of the Sandman Omnibus OVER “The Absolute Sandman.” Both essentially have the same material, but the standard Ominubses has a lot of the bonus material, which frankly, we don’t think you need. In other words, the regular Sandman Omnibus is still beautiful and complete, without all the fluff....

title: “The New Lego The Office Set S 8 Best Easter Eggs” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-15” author: “Taylor Williams”

Each blaster comes with 10,000 dehydrated projectiles. To ready them for firing, you rehydrate them in water. Eight hundred rounds will fit into the blaster’s hopper and explode on impact. It can fire all 800 rounds in roughly 80 seconds. The intent of this new gun is to usher in a new era of higher-energy fast-paced competition, per Hasbro. Not only do the gel rounds shoot faster and more continuously, but they also allow for more precise aim and higher velocity than NERF’s other lines....

That’s because most of the “healthy communication” rules we might learn (and even genuinely believe in) tend to fly out the window as soon as a conversation gets heated. It’s so much harder to access that level-headed, open-hearted, gracious side of ourselves when we’re really pissed off at our partner. One of the most helpful tools for dealing with this problem is asking yourself one simple question as soon as a conflict flares up: How do I take care of my partner in this moment?...

That said, there is quality guidance available for understanding your baby’s growth and development. In February 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics overhauled the pediatric milestone checklist. This process included adding developmental milestones for 15-month-olds and 30-month-olds, and revamping other milestone charts to reflect things most children (75% or more) can do by a certain age. To help parents track milestones on their own, the CDC has released a free Milestone Tracker mobile app, a Digital Online Checklist, and a PDF checklist that parents can download and print....

The Lumi system, which is set to arrive this fall, is billed as the the world’s first all-in-one connected baby care system. It consists of a diaper-based sensor, baby monitor, and two pairs of specialized diapers that have a larger version of the blue-when-wet diaper strip. Together, the system works in tandem as a complete infant tracking system, keeping tabs on everything from the amount of times your baby pees or poops to its sleep patterns, and pushing it to the Pampers app so you can have a record of every toss, turn, and tinkle....

In the first episode of Fatherly’s new podcast, Finding Raffi, the singer discusses his famous 1976 song, “The More We Get Together,” which was immortalized in 1984 concert footage on the VHS release A Young Children’s Concert with Raffi. For a long time, and with good reason, “The More We Get Together,” has been Raffi’s go-to concert opener. But, now that Raffi concerts have been put on hold because of the pandemic, it’s been a bit since he’s been able to kick off a show with this sweet song....

Fatherly is pumped to debut this exclusive clip in which Dwayne Johnson’s character in Jungle Cruise — Frank Wolff — tries to entire the passengers of his titular jungle cruise with a few well-placed puns. Do the words “Tucan” and the phrase “two can play” seem like a great set-up for a dad joke? It does to us! Strangely, the jokes don’t seem to land with the folks on this boat, proving that dad-pun humor is only for a very select audience....

But while the Snoo Smart Sleeper is widely considered the Mercedes-Benz of baby sleep, its $1,595 price tag makes owning it feel like as much of a fantasy as your newborn actually sleeping through the night. However, if you’re looking to upgrade your baby’s crib, now might be the best time, as Happiest Baby is offering a Black Friday deal that will save you hundreds of dollars on a Snoo....

Who is Dean Masello? I’m currently a stay-at-home parent for 8-month-old twin girls. Among other activities, I enjoy testing for self-awareness by holding them in front of mirrors. In these moments, I’m occasionally startled by the man reflected back. I wonder, “Am I even in control of the decisions I’m making?” Sometimes you look at your life and it feels like someone else is pulling the strings. I used to be a trial attorney....