First released in 2001, J.K. Rowling actually wrote and compiled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them under the pen name of Newt Scamander, a nod to the fictional textbook Fantastic Beasts, which is on most first-years textbook list at Hogwarts and is a well-known academic text in magizoologist circles. Harry reads that list aloud, including the text and Scamander’s full name, to Hagrid while they’re on the tube, on the way to Diagon Alley for the first time....

Hevesh gets the documentary treatment in Lily Topples the World, produced by Tran and directed by Jeremy Workman. Set to premiere August 26 on Discovery+, Lily Topples the World follows Hevesh over the course of three years, as her popularity explodes, as she attends college, and as she finds herself through her art. Dominoes, she notes, have provided her with a community, and they’re far more than kids’ stuff. Her ambitious mazes can take more than 25 hours over the course of 8 days to create, teaching her – and anyone inspired to follow the trail she’s blazing for young women – patience, geometry and physics....

While the multicooker is a time-saver for everyone, it’s especially helpful to new parents as it not only makes food quickly but also can whip up baby food and even sterilize equipment. Here are four (of many) ways in which an Instant Pot can help you be a better parent. It Makes Homemade Baby Food. Store-bought baby food can contain added sugars and dyes, and they are way more expensive than buying the raw fruits and vegetables that are the only necessary ingredients....

“Dancing was acceptable in the swing era because the kind of dancing had very, very clear gender roles,” says Craig, author of Sorry I Don’t Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move. “It’s basically about men throwing women.” After the war, women were sent home from the factories and told to have babies, and men became increasingly wary of displaying less-than-masculine traits. Dancing fell to the wayside. “Performing gender is not only doing certain things; it’s avoiding doing other things....

Marriage is home to fights of every shape, size, and style. But some partners are wired to pick fights because they had a bad day or are just in the mood to spar. It’s a frustrating, exhausting habit that can quickly grind people down. t So what drives someone to pick fights in a relationship? According to Courtney Glashow, LCSW owner and psychotherapist at Anchor Therapy in Hoboken, New Jersey, it usually stems from an unconscious projection of anger....

Here’s the deal: When you first sign up for the game, you start as a First Year at the school. You decide which house you’re going to belong to—Gryffindor or Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw—and you start making magic. As Parents.com wrote, you take classes one of two ways, either by sitting in a virtual classroom and studying topics like Defense Against the Dark Arts or you follow the autodidact route and mess around the library....

With the release of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, studio A24, and Marcel creator Jenny Slate have made a twee arthouse movie for kids. Here’s what to know about the film and why Slate told us that she hopes Marcel inspires her own daughter, Ida Lupine. “I think it’s really funny that Marcel will be on a shelf surrounded by really scary movies,” Slate tells Fatherly, referencing the various indie horror titles A24 is known for, including Hereditary, Midsommar, and this year’s overwhelmingly acclaimed Everything Everywhere All At Once....

It will have a blindingly bad effect on the economy and will plunge millions of Americans into poverty, potential eviction, debt, and more. The two provisions that expire on December 26 are as follows: the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, which gives freelancers and gig workers access to unemployment benefits they traditionally did not have access to, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits, which provided another 13 weeks — or three months — of unemployment aid that extended beyond the 26-week maximum that states provide to unemployed workers....

If you were to ask a hundred random folks on the street who directed Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, it’s safe to assume that the vast majority would say “Tim Burton.” And with good reason. The cult classic is widely seen as the purest reflection of Burton’s macabre sensibility. Burton wrote the poem that inspired the film. He designed the lead characters. He produced and has a story credit....

The entire plot of Ghostbusters is driven not only by sexual innuendo but by actual sex. Venkman’s desire to get to the bottom of the Zuul situation is motivated by his attraction to Dana (Sigourney Weaver), Ray (Dan Aykroyd) experiences a dream where a ghost goes down on him, and the entire reason Gozer is able to enter our dimension is that Dana and Louis (Rick Moranis) do it. And yet, sometime between 1984 and 1986, enough people watched the hilarious adult masterpiece that is Ghostbusters and said, “hey, let’s make this into a children’s show!...

The premise of Tron — living inside of a computer — describes many mainstream sci-fi movies and TV of the past two decades. The Matrix and Ready Player One are obvious examples, while Wreck-It Ralph and several episodes of Black Mirror also owe a great debt to Tron. Nowadays, the idea of someone entering into a virtual world feels almost like a burnt-out sci-fi cliche. But, in 1982, for a mainstream movie produced by Disney, Tron’s premise was groundbreaking....

On December 22, NASA shared several new photos taken by the robotic Mars explorers currently on the planet. The images show how the planet’s red landscape is transformed during the winter months into areas of snow and ice. “When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday scene,” NASA writes. “Snow, ice, and frost accompany the season’s sub-zero temperatures. Some of the coldest of these occur at the planet’s poles, where it gets as low as minus 190 degrees Fahrenheit....

Forty-five million Americans currently carry the burden of student loan debt totaling close to $1.7 trillion. When the moratorium lifts, experts expect households to lose on average $393 per month from their monthly budgets to repay student loans, with some paying dramatically higher monthly payments. In addition to the loss of the Child Tax Credit in December and record-breaking inflation, many low- and middle-income families stand to lose the ground they’ve made when repayment begins....

For all of these unpleasantries, there is a solution: Eye cream. Yeah, yeah, eye creams aren’t your thing. Well, they should be. When you’re ready to wage all-out war on the sad, sorry, droopy-lidded look you’re now sporting, you’ll get over that part. Because it’s one of the easiest things you can do to take care of your face. Here are six of the best eye creams for men, and what they do....

Invalidation is sneaky. A lot of times, one might ignore or write off their partner’s feelings without realizing it. In fact, many times, one partner will invalidate the other’s feelings thinking that what they are doing is helpful. That they are attempting to replace one emotion with another one that they deem to be more correct. Whatever the root cause, this is something to be conscious of and judiciously avoided....

It can feel, at times, like your brain is stuck in a fog. These days, unfortunately, there is the possibility you suffer from actual ‘brain fog,’ a quasi-clinical term for various slow-processing symptoms tied to serious conditions, not the least of which is long COVID. But, just as likely, what you’re experiencing is the physical and emotional fatigue that often comes with parenting. Call it ‘parenting fog,’ or by its more widely used name — burnout....

New and prospective fathers hear a lot of dumb gags about how having kids will ruin their social lives, but, well, there’s truth to them. Actually, what’s the word for truer than true? It’s that. Having a child is amazing. But it not only makes your own existence a practical impossibility, but it also conspires to slowly ruin your very drive for keeping one. One day you’re on your way to a midnight metal concert with six guys in a Civic, the next you’re passing on a 6:30 happy hour to catch up on sleep because, my god, raising a tiny person is hard work....

When it comes to leather jackets, fit is crucial. Look for a leather jacket with a modern, not relaxed fit, the kind that hugs your shoulders and has a slightly higher armhole yet leaves room for light layering. A leather jacket should also be able to be zipped up, unless it’s a moto-style leather jacket, which are often left unzipped. Again, think comfortable and tailored, but not skin-tight. Nail the fit, the care, and the color, and you’re well on your way to finding a reliable jacket you can rock all the time....

title: “9 Parenting Hacks To Get Your Kid To Sleep Through The Night” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “William Saucedo”

One major medical support — the specialized bed called an incubator — is one that is used so commonly it’s hard to imagine that there was a time before it existed. It’s not unusual to see a newborn, particularly premature one, in an incubator when receiving care in the hospital. On this day in 1888, the first baby was placed into an incubator, utilizing this incredible medical technology we still use today....