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☆ My 3-year-old son drowned in a backyard pool. I wish I'd known these 7 swim safety tips.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementMy son was on life support for two weeksMy friend gave Yori CPR, and then I stepped in. Black children like Yori are more than 2.5 times more likely than their white peers to drown. AdvertisementChezik Tsunoda still allows her three living sons to swim, but has taught them water safety. When someone is drowning, reach toward them, throw them a flotation device, but — unless it's a very small child — don't go to them. Stick with swim lessonsJust weeks before Yori drowned, he tried swimming lessons and hated them.

Persons: Chezik, Yori, Tsunoda, —, Yori's, Tim Gbunblee, tucking, hadn't, aren't, I'd Organizations: Service Locations: Washington, —

☆ I'm the parent of an only child and people can be judgmental. They don't know what we went through to have her.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Laura Amoriello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Stuck in the extended position on the leg machine, I couldn't believe small talk at the gym could go so awry. When she went to speak to the doctor, my body knew: it was over. The doctor told me the egg was not in the uterus. We have an only child for a reasonIt seemed almost quaint to decide whether to have another child after the grief of losing two pregnancies. AdvertisementIn a perfect world, I would have told the gym lady, "With all due respect, it's none of your business."

Persons: I've, We'd, Let's, Olivia, —, doesn't, There's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: San Antonio

☆ Cheating death: The latest research on aging and immortality from a Nobel Prize-winning scientist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Ramakrishnan shares his perspectives on the realities of aging, death and immortality. Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan offers his perspective on aging, death and immortality. But biologists don’t believe that aging and death are programmed in the sense that a fertilized egg is programmed to develop into a human being. Larger animals tend to live longer. CNN: What are the societal costs of the quest to cheat aging and death, particularly inequities?

Persons: Harper Collins, Nobel, Venki Ramakrishnan, Venki, they’ve, Jeanne Calment, Dolly, I’m, it’s, Don’t, Steven Johnson, we’re, we’d, It’s, Jessica DuLong, ” Organizations: CNN, Aging Locations: French, Brooklyn , New York

☆ The benefit that pays for itself and increases worker productivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The organization advocates for company and government policy that supports working parents. All companies offered some form of childcare benefits — stipends, on-site care, or backup care. And, for each company, its annual net return for childcare benefits far outweighed the cost. But, when a company offers childcare benefits, retaining just 1% of eligible working parents could cover the price a company pays for those benefits, the study said. Childcare benefits boost employees' career prospects and earning potentialNot only do childcare benefits support a company's bottom line, but the study shows it improves the earning potential and career growth of individual employees.

Persons: —, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Companies, Bank of America, UPS

☆ An 'often overlooked' retirement savings option can lower your tax bill, advisor says. Here's how it works
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

10'000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThere's still time to lower your 2023 tax bill or boost your refund with a lesser-known retirement savings strategy for married couples. One requirement for individual retirement account contributions is "earned income," such as wages or salary from a job or self-employment earnings. But there's an exception for single-income households: the spousal IRA. With income phaseouts for IRA deductibility and Roth IRA contributions, many wait until March or April for the previous year's IRA deposits. Even a $500 or $1,000 spousal IRA contribution could provide tax savings.

Persons: Roth, —, Judy Brown, Catherine Valega, Brown, deductibility Organizations: Getty, SC, H, D.C, Pew Research Center, Green Bee, Green Locations: Washington, Baltimore, Boston

☆ ‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Review: The Power of Parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Ben Kenigsberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

If there is value in seeing these events recapped, it is in the power of seeing the parents confront Jones in court. (Over two trials, in Texas and Connecticut, they won more than $1 billion in damages.) “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” offers a lesson in just how vicious and pervasive conspiracy theories can become and a chilling portrait of how little they may trouble their purveyors. The Truth vs. Alex JonesNot rated. Watch on Max.

Persons: Jones, Alissa Parker, Emilie’s, “, Alex Jones ”, Alex Jones, Max Locations: Texas and Connecticut

☆ Meet the Americans who can't retire
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

More people over 65 are working as pensions disappear, people live longer, and Social Security benefits are seemingly always in peril. Business Insider spoke with several Americans of retirement age about why they are still trading their time for money. "I think older people become very invisible, and maybe it's going to take other older people to help heighten that visibility." On average, Americans who have pensions receive $25,000 annually from them; the average estimated annual Social Security benefit is $38,418 for 2024. Indeed, BI's analysis of retirement data has found that nearly 80% of retirees have Social Security income.

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☆ Wyoming Bans Gender Transition Care for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Amy Harmon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Gordon’s signature, Wyoming joins 23 other states that have passed partial or total bans on gender-affirming care in recent years. Wyoming’s bill, known as Senate File 99, was approved by lawmakers in both chambers earlier this month. Under the legislation, doctors, pharmacists and other health care providers who provide gender-affirming care could have their licenses suspended or revoked. As in other states, proponents of the measure have argued that the treatments in minors are relatively new, and that the long-term effects are not well studied. “I signed SF99 because I support the protections this bill includes for children,” Mr. Gordon said in a statement.

Persons: Mark Gordon’s, Anthony Bouchard, ’, Gordon, “, ” Mr, ’ ’ Sara Burlingame Organizations: Democratic Locations: Wyoming

☆ 5 ways parents show they have a favorite child, even if they try to treat everyone equally
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A relational-trauma therapist shared the subtle ways parents show they have a favorite child. Wright shared some of the common signs of parents favoring one child over their siblings, even if they mean well. The "golden child" is then the one who fits the ideal the best, while the other may become the scapegoat of the family. Related storiesAs a result, the parents may use the golden child as a goalpost for the other child's success. Parents who root for the golden child can overlook the importance of a collaborative, trusting sibling relationship.

Persons: —, Annie Wright, Wright Organizations: Service Locations: HBO's

☆ Opinion | Does Everyone Want to Be on the ‘Mommy Track’?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I think I had five jobs because they just weren’t working for what was going on in my personal life,” Koelsch told me. Now, she works four days from home, one day in the office, and her life is manageable. Remote work, and Washington State’s paid family and medical leave program, will make having another kid possible for her. One was the negative effect of the increased volatility and outrageous expense of child care (which I wrote about on Wednesday). I’ve seen a fair number of headlines over the past few years like this one, “WFH Goes From New Path to Dead End for Working Mothers,” and this one, “‘You Are Mommy Tracked to the Billionth Degree,’” suggesting that for ambitious moms, working from home is a mistake.

Persons: Liz Koelsch, Jessica Bennett, she’s, ” Koelsch, Washington State’s, I’ve Organizations: Covid, Washington, Reading Locations: “

☆ I tutored the children of Russia's elite amid the backdrop of war. One teenager said he had his own massage therapist.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The agency counted some of Russia's elite among its clientele — so I was quickly thrust into a world of private jets, guarded estates, and personal chauffeurs. I worked in Moscow until Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, when I was relocated to Monaco. I have a massage every day, I have my own massage therapist," he told us. AdvertisementBut the children often brought the topic up themselves, their comments ringing with the ideology they had likely absorbed at home.

Persons: —, Cameron Manley, Barts, Vladimir Putin, Ivan, Alexei, Elena, It's, Philippe Jacquemart, Jorg Greuel, Putin, Sasha Mordovets, getty, wryly, Elizaveta Organizations: Service, Business, Monaco penthouses, Monaco, Mandoga, Getty, Mercedes, Benz, United Arab, Russia's, Sirius Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Monaco, St, Caribbean, Rublevka, Saint, Nice, France, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Russian, Sochi, Kyiv

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shakeup of Walt Disney World's governing district more than a year after it was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees continued Wednesday with the departure of its board chairman who had been highly critical of Disney. In an email, DeSantis' communications director, Bryan Griffin, thanked Garcia for “successfully navigating” the transition of the district from a governing body controlled by Disney supporters to the current iteration controlled by DeSantis appointees. As punishment for opposition to the law, DeSantis took over the district through legislation passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and appointed a new board of supervisors. Disney sued DeSantis and his appointees, claiming the company’s free speech rights were violated for speaking out against the legislation.

Persons: Walt Disney, Ron DeSantis, Martin Garcia's, Glen Gilzean, DeSantis, Martin didn't, Bryan Griffin, Garcia, “, Garcia “, ” Griffin, Stephanie Kopelousos, Kopelousos, ”, Disney, Mike Schneider Organizations: Gov, Disney, Central, Republican, DeSantis, Florida Legislature, Straight Alliance Locations: ORLANDO, Fla, Central Florida, Orange County, Orlando, Florida

☆ Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than in 2020 to afford a house in this market. It's not just due to high mortgage rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Factors beyond high mortgage rates are affecting housing affordability for many Americans, according to experts. Almost four years ago, a household earning $59,000 annually could afford a new mortgage without spending more than 30% of their monthly income and with a 10% down payment, according to a recent report by Zillow Group. While the typical household in 2024 makes about $81,000 a year, up from $66,000 in 2020, wages have not kept up with housing costs. "Since January of 2020, the typical mortgage payment on the typical home in the U.S. has nearly doubled," said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow. Nowadays, potential homebuyers need to make about $106,500 a year in order to afford the typical home today, an 80% increase from January 2020, according to Zillow.

Persons: Orphe Divounguy, Kirabo Jackson, Jackson Organizations: Zillow Group, Finance, White House Council, Economic Advisers Locations: U.S, Zillow

☆ 47% of parents still financially support adult children, study finds. Here's how much they spend
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Many argue it's harder today for young adults to make it on their own. In addition to soaring food and housing costs, millennials and Generation Z face other financial challenges their parents did not at that age. More from Personal Finance:3 ways Gen Zers can build creditWhy can't today's young adults leave the nest? Gen Z, millennials are 'house hacking' to become homeownersBy other measures, young adults are doing well. And yet, 61% of adult children still living at home don't contribute to household expenses at all, Savings.com found.

Persons: Gen Zers, Savings.com Organizations: Savings.com, Finance

☆ All my friends are tracking their teenage kids' phones. I decided to let my son have his freedom, but I'm still worried.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Erika Ebsworth-Goold | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But I've decided not to track my high school senior when he's out and about — even when he's behind the wheel. I'm not naïve: I know my son won't always make the correct decisions. But he will; that's life. What my son gains far outweighs what I lose by opting not to use a tracking app. I don't always need to know where he is, but he'll always know where I am should he need me.

Persons: —, I've, I'm, micromanaging, he's, he'll, We're, we've Organizations: Service, Google, Business, SWAT

☆ If you have high expectations of yourself and feel the need to people-please, you may have eldest daughter syndrome
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If that sounds familiar, you might have eldest daughter syndrome. Eldest daughter syndrome isn't a diagnosable condition, but rather the behaviors, thought patterns, and priorities that can arise from being what's known as "parentified" as a child. People experiencing eldest daughter syndrome disproportionately tend to be women from low-income families and families from the global majority who might have more culturally-imposed expectations of daughters, she said. Capleton shared the signs you could be experiencing eldest daughter syndrome, whether you're the firstborn daughter or not. Feeling the need to take responsibility for everyone elseOne of the biggest signs of eldest daughter syndrome is taking on a lot of responsibility from a young age.

Persons: Paris, Yang Hu, Capleton, what's, — Organizations: Service, Cambridgeshire, Foundation Trust, Business, Lancaster University Locations: Peterborough

☆ The job more parents are taking to get a discount on their kids' college tuition
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

As a college staff member, Heater gets deeply discounted tuition at the private Marianist Catholic college with approximately 8,000 undergraduate students. She compared universities in her area and their benefits and decided on University of Dayton, which offers tuition benefits for staff workers and their dependents. Washington said that workers and their dependents can also use a tuition exchange program, which allows them to transfer their tuition benefits within a pool of participating schools. For instance, once the tuition benefit exceeds the IRS' guidelines of $5,250 annually, the rest is generally considered taxable income. She said she thinks a lack of awareness about tuition benefits programs keeps them from being more popular.

Persons: Ariel Skelley, Troy Washington, Washington, Jacob Channel, Sherry Kirkland, Kirkland Organizations: Digitalvision, Getty, University of Dayton, Catholic, University of Dayton's, College and University Professional, for Human Resources, Wilmington University Locations: Ohio, Delaware

☆ ‘The Program’ takes a deeply personal look at the ‘troubled-teen’ industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A deeply personal advocacy piece, “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” becomes messy at times over its three chapters, although in a way, that’s part of its power. Kubler assembles a group of others who were sent away, mostly at the age of 15 or 16, to The Academy at Ivy Ridge, a disciplinary facility in New York state near the Canadian border. The Academy at Ivy Ridge survivors in "The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping." Kubler stresses throughout that she’s not a journalist, but rather someone seeking answers to what happened then, shining a light on the emotional scars suffered by Ivy Ridge survivors. “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” premieres March 5 on Netflix.

Persons: Katherine Kubler, ”, Kubler, Ivy, “, Phil Elberg, There’s Organizations: CNN, Netflix, The Academy, Ivy Ridge, Academy, Ivy Locations: Ivy, New York

☆ Opinion | The Key to Better Math Education? Explaining Money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I offer to pay you $200 in one year if you give me $190 today. It’s the kind of math problem you might encounter in real life, as opposed to, say, whether the cosecant of a 30-degree angle is 1 or 2. Math and personal finance make a perfect fit. A survey in 2022 funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that 61 percent of parents of students said math education should be “relevant to the real world” but that only 21 percent said it was. Some of America’s top universities are incorporating personal finance into their curriculums.

Persons: Bill, Melinda Gates Organizations: Melinda Gates Foundation

☆ DeSantis Vetoes Blanket Social Media Ban for Youths Under 16
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Natasha Singer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a sweeping social media bill that would have effectively barred Florida residents under the age of 16 from opening accounts on services like TikTok and Instagram, even if their parents permitted them to do so. In a post on X, Mr. DeSantis said he had vetoed the teen social media ban bill because the state’s Legislature was “about to produce a different, superior bill” that recognized parents’ rights. Last week, the governor had suggested the measure went too far by superseding the authority of parents. Soon after the news of the veto, Paul Renner, a Republican who is the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, said in a post on X that the new bill would be “an even stronger product to protect our children against online harms.”While several states have recently passed laws requiring parental consent for children’s social media accounts, the Florida measure that Mr. DeSantis vetoed was designed as a more blanket ban. It would have required certain social networks to verify users’ ages, prevent people under 16 from signing up for accounts and terminate accounts that a platform knew or believed belonged to underage users.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Paul Renner Organizations: Republican Locations: Florida

☆ Alabama IVF ruling: Here’s what could happen next
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

At least three providers in Alabama, including the state’s largest health system, have halted some in vitro fertilization services since the court’s ruling. Republicans hold a majority in both the Alabama House and Senate. “Any legislation that gets passed is ultimately up to interpretation by the Alabama Supreme Court,” O’Conner said. A trial court initially dismissed the claims, but the state Supreme Court ruling reversed that decision. The clinic involved in the lawsuit, The Center for Reproductive Medicine in Mobile, is among those that have halted some IVF services.

Persons: Steve Marshall, Katie O’Connor, ” O’Conner, Anthony Daniels, Kay Ivey’s, Daniels, Bill, Republican Terri Collins, Tim Melson, “ I’m, ”, Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Savannah Koplon, Butch Dill, ” Dr, Janet McLaren Bouknight, Katherine Kraschel, “, ” Kraschel, Greg Abbott, Trump, ” Abbott, CNN’s Dana, Abbott, Richard Drew, ” O’Connor, Sen, Erin Grall, Kraschel, Trip Smalley, Smalley Organizations: CNN, Republican, National Women’s Law, Alabama, Democratic, Alabama House, Gov, Alabama Republicans, Senate, Republicans, Alabama Supreme, University of Alabama, Alabama Legislature, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Infant Center, Alabama Fertility Specialists, Facebook, “, Alabama Fertility, Northeastern University School of Law, Texas Gov, Union, AP Lawmakers, Tampa Bay Times, Center, Reproductive Medicine Locations: Alabama, Montgomery, state’s, House, Birmingham, Birmingham , Alabama, Texas, “ State, Florida, Republican Florida, Mobile, ”

☆ Opinion | Three Mothers’ Plea to the F.D.A.: Save Our Children
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Why Can’t More Children Get the Treatment That Saved My Son’s Life?,” by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 24):Our three children, ages 5 and 7, battle a rare, relentless and ultimately fatal disease called cystinosis. We recently found hope in the initial phase of a gene therapy clinical trial that was shown to be safe and yielded very promising results — a therapy that could one day save our children’s lives. Our biggest fear is that it will not be accessible to them or others in desperate need. We applaud Dr. Marks’s wisdom and perspective. reviewers’ initial rejection is a cautionary tale of how patient access to lifesaving therapies could be impeded by a narrow interpretation of efficacy.

Persons: Elizabeth Currid, Currid, Peter Marks, “ Organizations: Biologics

☆ Sony World Photography Awards 2024: The year’s best images unveiled
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Images of a rhino in captivity, a Slovakian spa facility and a German finger wrestling champion are among the finalists and shortlisted entries in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2024. The World Photography Awards organizes several different competitions each year, including youth and student prizes, with its national and regional winners unveiled last month. Liang Chen/Sony World Photography AwardsA photo by Angelika Jakob shows Josef Utzschneider, light heavyweight champion in the German finger wrestling championship. Angelika Jakob/Sony World Photography AwardsAn image by James Rokop, official photographer for the USA Artistic Swimming team. Helen McLain/Sony World Photography AwardsHaider Khan documented two rhinos in captivity in Germany and India.

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Sal Khan, 31, earns $220,000 a year and lives with his parents in Houston. "I do think my relationship now has been the best with my parents than it has been before," Khan tells CNBC Make It. But that won't be the end of his living arrangement with this parents: Khan hopes to move his parents to his new home, too. The bulk of his savings are earmarked for more down payments on properties, Khan says. Sal Khan hopes that sharing his story will dispel the stigma about living with parents as an adult.

Persons: Sal Khan, Khan, Erik Mauck, that's, it's, Khan's, Nina Nguyen, Krishnan, Khan didn't Organizations: CNBC, Ohio State University, Bay Area, Costco, Gas, Wealthfront Locations: Houston, Pakistan, U.S, Bay, Chicago, Texas, California, Arizona, Florida

☆ How the fall of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that decided frozen embryos are children, and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death, shows a new way in which the overturning of Roe v. Wade can affect how embryos are viewed under certain state laws. That decision is the first known case in which a US court has ruled that frozen embryos are human beings. Events leading up to the Alabama Supreme Court decision can be traced to 2006, when the criminal statute for homicide in the state was changed to include in utero. President Joe Biden said in a statement Thursday that the Alabama Supreme Court decision was a “direct result” of the overturning of Roe. “From the beginning, I’ve been warning that the fall of Roe v. Wade wasn’t just about abortion – and the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling proves that,” Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who introduced the legislation with Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild, wrote in an email Thursday.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Mack, Carmack, ” Dr, Shaun Williams, ”, Williams, Joe Biden, ” Biden, “, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, I’ve, Wade wasn’t, –, Illinois Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Susan Wild, ” CNN’s Devan Cole Organizations: CNN, An, An Alabama Supreme, Alabama, of, Democratic, Senate, CNN Health, “, Pennsylvania Locations: An Alabama, US, Alabama, Connecticut, of Alabama, “, America, Illinois

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