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“As a practicing attorney I have seen families fight over big assets like automobiles to small assets like a collection of supposedly rare books,” says David Reischer, Esq. an attorney and the CEO of LegalAdvice.com. “I have encountered squabbles over small items of sentimental value to large truly valuable items like rare baseball cards. Families seem to fight over anything and everything. Therefore, always remember — have the deceased execute a last will and testament prior to leaving this world, in order to determine his intent how to distribute any remaining items in the estate....

Lindsay and Ashley Head had to figure out how to recalibrate their relationship. For the couple, who is in their late 30s and had two kids while deep into busy, time consuming jobs, maintaining a healthy relationship as parents involves constant conversations, an understanding that their kids can’t come between their marriage, and lots (and lots) of shared calendars. Before you had kids, did you have conversations about your relationship and how it might change after a baby came along?...

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According to a new study from PlayLikeMum, “Thriller” is still the number one most popular Halloween song, ever. So, can we just play it and not think about Michael Jackson any more? The answer, for parents, is probably a little unclear. If you’re a grown-ass adult, and you’re going to a grown-up Halloween party, it hardly matters. Like. At. All. Nobody at an all-adult Halloween party should really give a shit about playing “Thriller,” because if you’re all grown-ups you can have that conversation if you want....

Honestly, I find that hard to believe. The Easy-Bake Oven has practically been a piece of Americana since its debut in 1963. And it’s survived, if not thrived, for over 50 years thanks to Hasbro’s ability to continuously reinvent it for new generations of kids. Food 52 wrote an interesting piece outlining a bit of the oven’s history, and it’s clear that ⏤ even though Hasbro hasn’t released a new update since 2015 and isn’t presently marketing it ⏤ the company has never left it to neglect....

The dude has plenty to keep him busy. First off, Momoa plays Duncan Idaho, a gifted swordsman for the House Atreides and the breakout character in Dune, opening Friday in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. It’s fair to call him the bleaker, darker Han Solo. And there’s plenty of room for growth, should that be in the cards: Believe it or not, Duncan is the only character who is present in all six of the original Frank Herbert Dune books....

John recently visited Live! With Kelly and Ryan (Ryan was out, so Mark Consuelos, Ripa’s husband, was guest hosting), the conversation turned to fatherhood. “I have to say that in all the variations of John Stamos I’ve known over the years, watching you become a dad has been my favorite one,” Kelly said to John, per People. Through a laugh, John admitted that he “cries a lot,” but his 4-year-old son, Billy, who he shares with his wife, Caitlin McHugh, is the “light of our life....

In The Last Crusade, when Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) passes a wall carving depicting the “lost ark,” he mumbles “Ark of the Covenant.” Dr. Schneider (Alison Doody) says, “Are you sure?” And Indiana Jones grunts, “pretty sure.” It’s a hilarious understatement and one of the most clever ways a sequel has referenced its predecessor. Indy is pretty sure he knows what the Ark of the Covenant looks like because he was nearly killed trying to find it in Raiders of the Lost Ark....

In all of this, a few excellent history teachers have emerged. One of them is Run the Jewels rapper Killer Mike. Speaking about the tragedy of George Floyd, and his outrage over systematic racism, Killer Mike emotionally said, “Atlanta is not perfect. But we are a lot better than we ever were.” And then, he delivered three salient pieces of historical knowledge, all of which are excellent talking points for parents....

That said, trying to satisfy an insatiable thirst for new children’s books can be a challenge. Sure, her book collection is pretty stacked but she knows most of the titles inside and out. And while we frequent the public library regularly, it’s not always easy to find fresh books without getting stuck re-shelving half the kids’ section for an hour. Which is why we were intrigued when we turned up Literati, a Netflix-like subscription service that sends you five books every 30 days for $10 a month....

“There are enough hints in the literature that cognitive training deserved a real, rigorous, full-scale test,” coauthor on the study Joseph Kable of the University of Pennsylvania said in a statement. Kable and his colleagues specifically examined whether Lumosity and similar brain-training games could help treat addiction. “The logic,” he explained. “Would be that if you can train cognitive abilities and change activity in these brain structures, then that may change your likelihood of impulsive behavior....

The man’s daughter filmed him going through a car wash for the first time in his life and his reaction to the entire experience was every bit as charming as it was hysterical. The Newfoundland resident sat in awe of the entire process, continually asking questions like if they had to get out of the car and whether or not the car wash would accept a debit card as payment....

Sam Walker from Phoenix, Arizona, took to Twitter to share her shock after seeing the photo packages available at her kid’s school. She shared, “The girls have their school photo today, and there is the option to AIRBRUSH the picture! There are two levels offered!! What the….?! Have complained! What 8-year-old needs to be paranoid about an ‘uneven skin tone’?” The upset mom shared a photo of the order form along with her tweet, highlighting the retouching options available....

Alias made J.J Abrams… J.J. Abrams. The writer-producer-director had enjoyed success before, notably with Felicity, Forever Young, and Armageddon, but Alias – which will turn 20 this fall – set Abrams on his path to becoming an “it” producer, a guy who could craft zeitgeist-y, water-cooler shows and movies, and thus he was handed the keys to several kingdoms, in both existing IPs and of his own creation. Cases in point: Lost, Mission: Impossible, Fringe, Star Trek, Super 8, Person of Interest, Star Wars, and more....

Redfin, a national real estate brokerage, released data in April that found that the “typical” mortgage for a U.S. homeowner has skyrocketed in the last year. Just how much? By 39%, or about $664 a month. That not-insignificant jump mirrors a housing market in which low supply, high building costs, and inflation have led the costs of homes to skyrocket as well. (Other data published last week found that just 14% of new builds put on the market in March 2022 sold for less than $300,000....

Grossed Out in Green Baby I do, in fact, feel you, man. I suffer from a touch of misophonia (a condition where sounds prompt unreasonable emotional reactions). Sadly, it’s most often triggered by hearing my wife chew — especially, and bizarrely, when she eats cereal. I have no idea why the sound makes me want to rend my own flesh in agony, but I also recognize that such an emotional response is wildly irrational....

Nerf’s latest collaboration is a big one: a collection of foam blasters inspired by Blizzard Entertainment’s massive first-person shooter Overwatch. Last May, just two years after its release, the game had amassed over 40 million players. That’s a huge, built-in customer base for licensed merchandise, one that Hasbro hopes to reach with this new line of seven different blasters. Three of the seven are fairly small, $10 handheld shooters that use the Nerf MicroShots series of ammunition....

The new Infinus debuted at last month’s Toy Fair and, while it won’t hit shelves until the fall, is worth getting pumped about. Although you don’t have to pump it. It’s a fully automatic 30-shot drum barrel blaster with pistol grip and a shoulder stock. It boasts motorized rapid-fire blasting and an acceleration button that, when held down, powers it up even more. All pretty standard stuff at this point with Nerf blasters....

RELATED: The Nest Cam Outdoor Knows What’s A Threat And What’s A Pet Actually, the newest iteration of Nest’s security camera and intelligent baby monitor would also automatical zoomed in and sent a push notification to her parents as soon as it detected movement so they could watch her attempted escape live in 1080p HD. The zooming technology, which Nest calls “Supersight,” allows the monitor’s 8-megapixel 4K sensor to recognize a face and then zoom in (12x) on it, following all the action as it unfolds....

The short segments (each one is about five minutes) star characters from some of the year’s most popular children’s shows, like Super Monsters and Boss Baby, and end with a countdown to 2019. And this year, Netflix is offering an even greater variety of countdowns for parents to choose from, including options for older kids and tweens. In 2018, there were only nine New Year’s specials, five fewer than this year’s record-high of 14....