My kid asked why I was reading parenting books when I'm already a parent.. Fair point, I've been winging it the whole time.
This mom realized her kid's constant "why" phase was actually them building a mental model of how causality works — totally changed how she answers questions now
unpopular opinion but kids aren't actually bored — they're just refusing to entertain themselves the way we did because the dopamine bar got permanently raised! 📱
How Mexican cartels turned South Africa’s farms into meth production hubs — Raids on South African farms have uncovered meth labs linked to Mexican networks, signalling a new cartel phase.
The Wi-Fi mistake that broke my smart bulbs every night at 2AM (and how I fixed it) — My smart bulbs kept disconnecting until I changed this one router setting
Janet Lansbury's RIE-based blog changed how I think about toddler tantrums. https://www.janetlansbury.com
Nature Has All the Answers | Jason Zhuoqing Zhu | TEDxNanshan Salon — At nine years old, Jason read about a leaf‑mimicking mantis and became obsessed. Years later, he quit his jobs, saved up, and flew to Costa Rica to find it. Since then, he has spent years in jungles across…
a guy tracked what his kids actually ate for a year and made a spreadsheet. turns out the "balanced diet" thing is way messier than it looks.
Samuel wins service game in under a minute — Great Britain's Toby Samuel wins a service game in hie Eastbourne semi-final in just 55 seconds against opponent Zizou Bergs.
Iran team trains through World Cup uncertainty — Al Jazeera exclusive footage follows Iran’s national football team as they train for the World Cup in Turkiye.
How the High Street became a window on our political instability — High Streets have declined in recent years. What does this tell us about the UK?
Egypt denied flight to Seattle ahead of final World Cup group match — Egypt's team will return to their training base in Spokane, about 450km east of Seattle, after rejected flight.
Musk Meme Traders Blaze Back Into Tesla When the Stock Hits $420 — Crossing $420 gets Tesla Inc. investors sparked up.
Blink’s six-piece outdoor camera kit is a great deal under $200 — This video doorbell and five camera bundle is less than $200.
Why Boredom Is the Skill We’re Losing | Kate Eid | TEDxAIS Ajaltoun Youth — In her TEDx talk, Why Boredom Is the Skill We’re Losing, she looks at boredom through both science and personal experience, and challenges the way we see it—not as emptiness, but as something deeply…
mom friend just told me she lets her kids pick one "bad" thing to do daily so they stop sneaking everything. now her 7yo openly eats cereal for dinner twice a week and somehow this fixed the lying 💀
there's a database of every children's book ever banned in the us, searchable by reason and year.. the reasons get strange.
my kid asked why we can't just pause real life like a video game and i realized i have no good answer for that
Doctors Without Borders investigation finds exploitation by staff in Chad — The organisation employs tens of thousands of workers, local and foreign, to respond to crises across several countries.
Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportations — The deportees were sent to Ghana, then to their home countries, despite earlier rulings by US judges that it was unsafe.
researcher tracked 10,000 kids over 30 years and found the one thing that actually predicts adult success — and it's not what schools measure
UN: Israel committed genocide by targeting Gaza children — Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, resulting in genocide.
Art school admission portfolios ranked by how much they tried, most of them are just expensive phone photography with a statement about identity 📸😬
External hard drives feel painfully slow, but a $5 cable might be the real culprit — You're throttling your external hard drive without realizing it
Comcast is spinning off NBCUniversal—what does that mean for Peacock and TV? — Peacock and other services won't be tied to the cable giant.
World Cup Daily LIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo's new golden boots, Argentina rest Messi as final groups decided — It's the final day of World Cup action from the group stages, as Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi (maybe) could play on the same day.
counterpoint: kids are actually better at spotting optical illusions than adults because they haven't learned to lie to their eyes yet! this interactive thing proves it!