We need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up. As a former college teacher, here’s what I’m doing with my teens instead.
We shouldn’t encourage kids to make big life choices — like choosing a career path — when their brains aren’t fully developed. Ever since my four children were small, adults would predictably ask them, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Plenty of young ones want to be someone they deem heroic, like…
I’m the COO at a Hollywood law firm. I had to change my communication style at home when I realized it negatively impacted my family.
Shayla Smith changed her communication style to have more harmony at home. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shayla Smith, Chief Operating Officer of Lichter Grossman Nichols Feldman Rogal Shikora & Clark, Inc. It has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve always had a firm but fair communication style. I don’t…
Musk says SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to areas hit by LA wildfires
Giant wildfires have plunged LA into chaos in recent days. Elon Musk says he will donate free Starlink terminals to Los Angeles as the city fights a series of devastating wildfires. The SpaceX founder said on Wednesday night that the rocket company would provide the terminals to areas hit by the huge wildfires, which have…
Hundreds of McDonald’s workers are taking legal action over claims of harassment and bullying at the Golden Arches
More than 700 McDonald’s workers have joined legal action against the fast-food giant, law firm Leigh Day said this week. Hundreds of McDonald’s workers in the UK are taking legal action over claims of workplace bullying and harassment. Law firm Leigh Day said this week that over 700 people who work at or have previously…
Don’t leave sleeping passengers on planes after flights land, American Airlines union reminds cabin crew
An American Airlines Boeing 777. The union for American Airlines flight attendants has issued a memo reminding cabin crew not to leave sleeping passengers on board after flights land. Aviation news site Paddle Your Own Kanoo reported that the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) recently warned members there had been an increase in such…
Hundreds of California prisoners are fighting the LA fires, with some earning little more than $1 an hour
An inmate firefighter during a previous fire in Mill Creek, California, in August 2024. Hundreds of Californian prisoners have been deployed to help battle the fires raging across the Los Angeles area, with some working 24-hour shifts for as little as $26.90, or just over $1 an hour. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…
‘No exceptions’ for commercial US ships passing through the Panama Canal, chief says in response to Trump
Trump has said the US should receive preferential rates in the Panama Canal. Giving US ships preferential rates to navigate the Panama Canal would “lead to chaos,” the head of the canal authority said. “Rules are rules — and there are no exceptions,” Ricaurte Vásquez Morales told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. “We cannot…
North Korea’s learning valuable lessons from fighting Ukraine, US warns
A file photo showing Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. North Korea is learning valuable lessons from fighting against Ukraine, making it an increased threat to its neighbors, a US official said. In recent months, North Korea has sent around 12,000 troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine as part of a…
A woman killed her lookalike to fake her own death. When she was sentenced to prison, nobody told the victim’s family.
Sharaban K., left, was convicted of the murder of Khadidja O., right., in December. A woman and her male accomplice were sentenced to life in prison following an 11-month murder trial in Germany that sparked headlines across the world. The case ended with their convictions for the August 2022 murder of the victim, described as…
