“The number one thing is that people want to be understood and they want to feel like their emotions are being valued,” says Jonathan Robinson, a couple’s therapist and author of the new book More Love, Less Conflict: A Communication Playbook for Couples. “And when that doesn’t happen, marriages start to have problems. I never have couples come into my office saying, ‘We really understand each other, that’s why we want a divorce!...

Of course, people miss deadlines all the time, and it’s possible you’re considering being one of those people. This year, more than most, you shouldn’t for a simple reason: the effects of the pandemic mean that filing on time could be particularly lucrative in 2021. Here’s why you should really try to get your taxes in today—and what to do if you absolutely can’t. You’ll get any stimulus money you’re owed....

In fact, per Politico, those cuts are so dramatic that on average, people earning less than $75,000 will, on average, owe nothing in federal income taxes — and those making between that and $100,000 will pay a 1.8 percent average tax rate this year. The move, which also shifts the burden of taxes onto high earners, is a massive help to American families who are struggling to make ends meet and can’t handle a surprise massive tax bill....

“No parent wants their child to experience ridicule BUT the statistics speak for themselves regarding children & approved car seats…especially when they fall asleep in their seats,” Lou writes in the caption of her photo, which shows her 7-year-old son sleeping in his carseat during a long road trip. While she admits that her son has been teased for being in a “baby seat,” Lou says that safety should be a parent’s number one priority....

Let me explain. George Banks has a very well-defined parenting style. He believes in firm discipline and the exercise of parental power. He explains in song that he expects to be relaxing with his slippers and sherry when he gets home from the bank. He expects to spend roughly three minutes with his children before sending them off to bed. And that’s where I get jealous. I love my kids, but that sounds … relaxing....

This is the question I worry about my sons being asked as they grow up. My wife and I have been asked it throughout our lives. If they’re asked it too much, I worry they will begin to police their identity, to sand down the many different parts that make up who they are. My sons are Latino, mostly. They are also mixed. I’m guessing people will read them as Latino throughout their lives, but I’m not sure....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Bullying The finishing move happened right before my eyes. What’s worse is that I made no attempt to reprimand Penny or to console her sister. Not only did I not act, but I immediately turned my back from the girls to avoid eye contact. I understand if this makes you want to strip my dad badge, as though I was a renegade cop in an 80s action movie....

Called data sonification, turning stars into music uses the same data collected from the satellites that scientists then put into photos. “Elements of the image, like brightness and position, are assigned pitches and volumes,” NASA explains. Since sound can’t travel in space, there’s no way of knowing the actual sound stars make, but this is a unique way of experiencing and exploring the data. And the latest star to get the song treatment is Pismis 24, a cluster about 8,000 light-years away within the nebula NGC 6357....

The latest agreement to cancel student loans comes after Navient was accused of predatory lending practices. In January, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Navient agreed to a settlement with 39 states that would cancel $1.7 billion in subprime private student loan debt owed by 66,000 student loan borrowers, primarily at for-profit schools. At the time, Navient denied wrongdoing. “The company’s decision to resolve these matters, which were based on unfounded claims, allows us to avoid the additional burden, expense, time and distraction to prevail in court,” Navient’s chief legal officer said....

Despite the claims of conspiracy theorists, Nazis never came close to achieving their goal of getting to space. Revell, the model toy company responsible for the controversial toy set, has issued an in-store recall for the toy and issued an apology for not making it clear that the Nazis were unable to actually achieve their desire to travel in space. “Unfortunately, our product description does not adequately express this and we apologize for it,” Revell said in a statement....

The Ultra One is the first blaster to use Nerf’s brand-new Nerf Ultra darts, the “farthest flying Nerf darts ever.” The new design features an innovative flight tip, lightweight foam construction, and “aerofin” technology, basically a grooved surface that decreases wind resistance. All of this adds up to a Nerf dart that can hit targets an astonishing 120 feet away, 40 feet more than the N-Strike Elite darts that previously held the crown....

Nike Free RN Flyknit 2018 The Flyknit upper feels like a sock and the sole is super flexible. The whole package is designed to make you feel more like you’re running barefoot. It’s also one of the most stylish shoes Nike makes, and it comes in 10 different colors so finding a pair you like shouldn’t be too difficult. Buy Now $96 Nike Tech Trainer This shoe is all about securing your feet so training safe and effective....

If you’ve dipped your toe into utterly pointless internet distractions right now, you maybe have noticed folks on Twitter and elsewhere talking about the Open-Source Psychometrics Project, which has a personality quiz that will match you with a variety of fictional characters ranging from invented worlds as disparate as the mean streets of Westeros in Game of Thrones to the meaner streets of New York in Sex and the City....

A few of the questions kept things on the lighter side, like when one non-parent asked, “Do you ever get used to touching poop and vomit pretty much on the daily?” Buzzfeed user missmandagal confirmed that parents do get completely used to having to face feces every day, as she wrote, “It’s funny ’cause when my son poops everyone says it’s so stinky, but I can’t even smell it anymore....

Kristen Bell shared a video on her social media of a teacher in Miami, teaching a child the importance of handwashing, especially in terms of preventing the spread of a virus. Bell said the lesson is “important” and is hoping other parents will share this trick. Pre-school teacher Amanda Lorenzo is showing off a “pepper trick” that emulates how handwashing works with keeping viruses away. She has one of her students dip their fingertip into a bowl of water containing pepper (which is acting as the virus), she has the child dip their finger into the bowl, noting that the pepper didn’t move, other than the child had some flakes of pepper on her hand....

According to the Urban Institute, in 2017, American state and local governments spent $115 billion on policing. If you add in the cost of incarcerating the people police arrest, the total comes out to $194 billion. On average, a city spends $354 on police for every citizen — unless you live in D.C. or New York, where those numbers shoot up above $900 and $500, respectively. To be clear, the armored vehicles rolling through the streets in cities everywhere were likely gifted to police departments from the U....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Genetics Early relationships between mothers and their infants can influence health across the lifespan, for better or worse. For example, adults who report more household dysfunction and abuse during their childhood are more likely to suffer disease as adults. Those with healthy and supportive relationships during early life are better at handling stress and regulating their emotions. However, scientists do not completely understand how these environments get “under the skin” to shape health....

What is the latest proposed tax plan? According to CNBC, the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” plan under the Biden administration would raise the minimum tax rate for any household worth more than $100 million. The plan would make that minimum income tax set at 20 percent minimum, and over half of the revenue raised would come from people worth more than $1 billion. If a household is paying less than 20 percent due to tax-free, unrealized income, they’ll pay a “top-up payment” to meet the new minimum tax rate, which will close a loophole where the ultra-wealthy avoid paying taxes on their “unrealized income” that goes “untaxed for decades or generations....

This week, Junior Health Minister Lionel said, “This is very good news for everybody in Québec who wants to start a family,” according to the CBC. The successful tabling of Bill 73 means that women 18-40 won’t have to pay for a cycle of IVF, which could otherwise cost upwards of $10,000, regardless of whether they already have children. The cost, of course, raises the more cycles a couple goes through....

Quibi is a new service that is slightly different in that it doesn’t offer subscribers full movies or TV seasons. Instead, this “short-form mobile video platform” offers “quick bites” of content, meaning their episodes or projects are all 10 minutes or less. So, way more digestible for people who are always on the go, but for us parents, it means maybe we can sneak in something we find interesting without having to stay up way past our bedtime....