childhood

After I moved out, my mom kept trying to get me to take boxes of my old childhood toys.I told her to throw it out. I didn’t ask her to save it, didn’t want it, and had no room for it.When I finally had to deal with it, I learned…

Kevin Smith’s SModcastle Cinemas is a shrine to the filmmaker’s career.Located in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, Smith often hosts events and introduces movies.BI spoke to Smith at SModcastle about his most personal venture yet.Entering SModcastle Cinemas, the New Jersey movie theater owned by filmmaker Kevin Smith, is like approaching the…

Walter Isaacson said Elon Musk’s AI motives likely stem from early ambitions inspired by sci-fi themes.Isaacson said Musk told him he wanted to start an AI company because he didn’t trust Sam Altman.Isaacson said Musk believes multiple AI developers can check each other, despite contradictions. Walter Isaacson remembers the moment…

I’ve been dealing with childhood trauma my entire life, and it affects me as a parent today.I try to gentle parent my toddler, but it’s difficult when she throws a temper tantrum.I struggle to regulate my emotions, but I am trying to be gentle toward myself first. One of my…

Javier R. Quiroz Castro came to the US when he was three and applied for DACA when he was 22.Quiroz is now able to work as a nurse after studying nursing in college.He said he has been working hard to represent others in his community in red states. Javier R.…

I’ve always been a bit of a pack rat and had a hard time decluttering. When my childhood home burned down, all my stuff went with it. I learned a hard lesson about letting go. As the quintessential pack rat, I perpetuated the cycle of accumulating without decluttering. It’s been…

A recent sleepover made me consider how different my childhood was compared to my children’s. Sleepovers were a common experience for me growing up; most Fridays were spent sleeping over at one person’s house, and the next night, they would come over and sleep at mine.Due to distance and scheduling,…

My maiden name has 20 letters, with half residing at the end — Sheryl Lynn Sirotinsky.Imagine growing up with an uncommon spelling for your first name, “S” instead of “C,” and a last name people tripped over. As a youngster playing make-believe, I kept Princess Sheryl and dumped Sirotinsky in…

Homelander goes back to his roots during the latest episode of “The Boys,” and the trip down memory lane turns into a horrific bloodbath.”That’s actually my favorite episode of the season,” Antony Starr, who plays Homelander, told Business Insider of season four, episode four (“Wisdom of the Ages”). “I think…

Greece says it’s waiting to acquire later versions of the fifth-gen F-35 in hopes “all the childhood illness” will be cured.Its defense minister announced a sweeping overhaul of its Armed Forces, especially the air force.Greece wants Block 4 versions of the F-35, hoping issues with the upgrade will be solved soon.…