Research Finds Interaction With Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health

They aren’t even talking about mental health, which would be a little understandable. The study linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health even years later, with moms not having much of an impact at all. No pressure, dads

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Is Really Catching On

I understand why the idea of a ban would catch on. There’s definitely a host of potential negatives associated with being on social media. But what about teaching kids to make smart choices and avoid the pitfalls associated with social media rather than just banning it?

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The Night Signal – Critics From Beyond The Grave - When a small town launches a ghost tour to boost its budget, the actual residents of the past return not to haunt the living, but to fact-check the inaccuracies of their own legends.

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Somewhere on the AM dial, long after most people have gone to sleep, late-night radio host Marianne Caldwell opens the phone lines. Callers bring stories. Encounters. Moments that don’t quite fit into daylight explanations.

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Also Worth A Look…

• Study: Pink Noise Reduces REM Sleep, Challenges Sleep Aid Claims - I didn’t know pink noise was a thing. Did you know pink noise was a thing? Apparently it’s sounds like waterfalls or just raindrops. Things that are a little more background noise-y than the “Titanic sinking ambience” I always make my wife put on at night

• Tariffs may have cost US economy thousands of jobs monthly, Fed analysis reveals - That seems less than ideal

• Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Had a Major Hand in Making Call of Duty Series a Microtransaction Hell - History’s greatest monster. Mostly for all of the other stuff he did, but we can include this too

• Florida man’s morning commute halted by bear wandering through his yard - That’s probably a good reason to just go ahead and call in sick. Or in this case, call in “Bear”

• Massachusetts man using blowtorch on roof to melt ice sets home on fire - Who could have possibly predicted that would be a bad thing?

• Man uses $10 in lottery winnings to score $100,000 jackpot - That’s a pretty decent return on investment

• Chinese woman causes multiple car accidents after moving traffic mirror to protect feng shui - I wonder what the massive dents did to the feng shui. Also, I didn’t know that was actually a thing in cars

• Ice flies from vehicle roof, crashes through truck's windshield - There’s another new thing I didn’t know we needed to be worried about this winter

• Angry Wife Cuts Off Husband’s Manhood and Flushes It Down the Toilet After Suspecting ‘He Was Cheating’ - Suspected. She didn’t actually verify he was cheating before she did that. She just suspected that he was cheating

• Zoos offer hilarious Valentine’s Day gift — cockroaches named after ex-lovers: ‘Skip the chocolates’ - It’s that time of year again. But before you dump them… or do anything for that matter… make sure to verify they actually did the thing you think they did