A child's bedroom isn't supposed to be scary, but sometimes a weird sound or unusual shadow can make a young one's imagination run wild, leading to lost sleep, anxiety, and nightmares. It can also mea...
The kettlebell swing is a good exercise. It works your hamstrings and butt, it improves your grip, and it's explosive--a quality that a lot of at-home exercises lack. But too many would-be kettlebell ...
Sometimes your child gets into a situation that requires them to "repair" or, even sometimes, "repent." Often you will be the one to dole out these consequences. However, once your child is in school,...
A class-action lawsuit claims that DoorDash uses hard-to-pin-down delivery fees to systematically charge the delivery service's iPhone users more than others.The lawsuit (PDF), filed May 5 in the Dist...
Exactly one week ago, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Peloton was recalling around 2.2 million exercise bikes. The agency noted that 13 people had been injured by the...
[photo1]Morgan MeakerOn April 23, the German politician Patrick Breyer uploaded a meme to his Mastodon account. "Big Sister is Watching You", it warned in big white letters, written behind a smiling p...
According to the nonprofit agency the Gun Violence Archive, there have been over 200 mass shootings in the United States in 2023, and it's only May. Guns have been the leading cause of death for U.S. ...
It always seems to happen at the worst time: Our kids get into some mischief just as things get stressful or busy. And because we're so occupied with our careers, making dinner, or simply trying to re...
Facebook has not been doing enough to comply with a 2020 privacy order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday. On top of "continuing to give app developers access to users' private in...
Ben Smith is the former and founding editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News, the founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of a new book called Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Bil...
Since Monday, Pornhub has begun blocking access for all Utah visitors, taking a strong stance against the state's recently passed age-verification law. In a video statement that now appears on Pornhub...
I was a fully grown adult before I learned that identifying emotions is the first step to dealing with them. Now I keep a feelings wheel handy at all times, just in case anyone needs help distinguishi...
Our new friends over at Mashable recently published this interesting article about how people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder might benefit from using artificial intelligence tools. It's...
By third grade (circa the early 1980s), I was regularly sleeping over at friends' houses. Birthday slumber parties were common, as well as random Friday nights watching VHS tapes in dark dens until ou...
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday altered its authorizations for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, retiring the original monovalent versions entirely, streamlining immunizations for the unvaccin...
A rowdy group of young "mallow-munchers," "bully-crushers," and "bedtime breakers" must battle a fun-hating foe intent on putting an end to their untamed revels in Bea Wolf, a new graphic novel by car...
[photo1]Will BedingfieldLast week, at an early showing of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the lights dimmed and the Nintendo logo glowed out over the audience. From the back, a toddler whose parents were...
[photo1]Morgan MeakerBodegraven is the type of well-heeled Dutch town where young moms push their prams past smart restaurants, people say hello to each other as they pass in the street and packs of c...