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Amanda Anthony / House Digest Transforming a house into a home requires all kinds of updates and personal touches. While the interior is a top priority, the exterior also impacts the overall aesthetics of the property. For me, the sore spot was always the door number sign. It consists of three common metal figures fixed to brick siding and is not very aesthetically pleasing. I’ve thought about changing that in the past, but it always feels like there are 100 other things to do in and out of the garden. This week I finally decided to make a change. advertisement…
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have questions about care and feeding? Please submit here. Dear care and food, My husband Mark suddenly passed away in January, leaving me to raise my 4-year-old daughter alone. My husband had a difficult relationship with his mother. The mother seems to have been very loving and supportive during their childhood, but that changed after her sons grew up and she divorced Mark’s father. During the seven years that Mark and I were together, their relationship was really on and off, sometimes going for months without speaking. Mark’s mom and I never…
Satellites around the world bring together Indiana University students, faculty, and alumni to collaborate with international partners. The latest addition to this system, the IU Ghana Gateway, is a collaborative effort in its very design of the unfurnished suite, which was established in May 2024 in the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences building in the West African country’s capital Accra. provided an opportunity. IU’s Global Gateway Network of six offices around the world builds relationships with universities, nongovernmental organizations, governments, and businesses, creating research, conference, study abroad, and internship opportunities. Interior design students from the Eskenazi School of Art,…
Parenting is hard work, and we cannot continue to ignore its impact on caregivers’ well-being. In August 2024, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy emphasized this reality when he declared parental stress an “urgent public health issue.” His report highlights the urgent need for change in the way we support parents and carers. “Something has to change. Supporting parents and carers requires a series of thoughtful policy changes and ensuring that parents and carers have time off to spend time with sick children and affordable We need expanded community programs that ensure affordable child care, access to reliable mental…
Few people are more well-intentioned but delusional than would-be parents who vow to never give their children any screen time. I know this because I was (and sometimes still am) that parent. As you lounge on the couch, caressing your pregnant belly and thinking about the perfect little angel baby you’re about to have, it’s easy to get sucked into idealistic fantasies of what parenthood is like. . But it takes a whole different level of effort to keep it going while carrying a crying toddler in a football hold across a crowded restaurant and looking back fondly on a…
Luke Rogers In this exclusive interview with Dayglow, he sits down with Variance’s Ethan Ijumba to discuss his decision to release mixtapes instead of traditional albums, the evolution of his music and personal growth, his DIY approach to music, the challenges of self-sufficiency, the process of translating his songs into visuals, and his excitement for touring and connecting with fans, and be sure to stream his newest self-titled fourth album, DAYGLOW, on all digital streaming platforms. Ethan Ijumba: To get right into it, early in your career, you’ve been releasing mixtapes such as Fuzzybrain in 2019, Harmony House in 2021,…
A new state law cracks down on the liability of providers of parenting classes that are often ordered by courts in child abuse and neglect cases but are unregulated and fail to protect children from harm. There is.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 3145 on Sunday. This bill creates the Justice in Foster Care with Meaningful Assistance for Parents Act and provides that parenting courses offered as part of “Family Preservation Services” must be provided to ensure that those services actually work. It is mandatory to prove that. The bill also requires the California Department of Human Services to issue an…
Shannon Nelson, a self-proclaimed “baby boomer grandma,” thinks sleep training is ridiculous. The same goes for lunch boxes.”I babysited my grandsons, ages 8 and 10, for three days and it took me about 45 minutes to pack up. It was like a piece of art when it was finished,” Nelson told TODAY.com told. “And of course, when they come home from school, half of the food isn’t eaten. I think we’re giving them too much choice.””My kids got PB&J sandwiches and apples,” Nelson, 68, added.Nelson knows he sounds like a boomer. On social media, she regularly pokes fun at herself…
When coming up with a DIY Harry Potter costume, it’s all about combining a little magic with a lot of creativity. Whether you’re aiming to rock Harry’s signature glasses or scar, or channel the mystical charm of Bellatrix Lestrange, create your own DIY Halloween costume to match your wizarding style. You can add a personal touch. You can also imitate your favorite Hogwarts professors, including rumpled Dumbledore and Gryffindor head of house Minerva McGonagall. (In honor of the incomparable Maggie Smith, who passed away this year. 🥲🪄) You can also team up with your friends for a three-person Halloween costume…