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When Autumn de Forest was 5, she picked up a paintbrush for the first time.It wasn't long before she was ready to show the world what she could do.After a year of practice, the then-6-year-old asked her father if he could get her a booth at a local art-in-the-park program."People would come up to the booth, and they would talk to my father, and they'd say, 'This is great!'" she said. "Apparently they thought it was Take Your Daughter to Work Day."Almost everyone thought the artwork was her father's. And when they found out that tiny Autumn was the artist, people couldn't believe their eyes. Autumn created this piece when she was just 5 years old.Autumn de ForestSoon, Autumn rose to national fame.When Autumn was 8, she was featured on the Discovery Health Channel. There was a slew of media attention in the years that followed. There was Disney. There was The Today Show. There was Wendy Williams.She was called a child genius, a prodigy, and an expert painter. Autumn de ForestSuddenly, Autumn de Forest was everywhere.But not everyone was so accepting of the young artist and her work. Some people in the art world had ... questions. Sure, she was good for a kid. But was her art actually good? Others wondered if the whole thing might be an elaborate hoax.Autumn decided not to listen.By 14 she developed a startlingly organized daily routine that went far beyond a 9 to 5.Somehow, as the focus on her age begins to wear off, Autumn's work ethic and art only grow stronger. She said that most days, she'd wake up in her parents' Las Vegas home at 7:30 a.m. After breakfast, she'd break out her supplies for a one- or two-hour painting session.From there, she dove into her school work. Most brick-and-mortar schools can't accommodate her travel schedule, so she did the majority of her schooling online.Before dinner, it's back into the studio."That session can last much longer, that can be three or four hours when I really get into it," she said. "Then I probably have dinner and go to bed." Autumn de ForestThe results? They speak for themselves. Autumn de ForestHer work has been displayed in galleries and exhibitions all over the world.Autumn held a public demonstration before a showing at The Butler Institute of American Art. Autumn de ForestIn 2015, Autumn received the International Giuseppe Sciacca Award in Painting and Art.The award took her to the Vatican for a private showing of her artwork with the pope. Autumn de ForestShe's also worked with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, headed up by Michelle Obama.As part of the program, de Forest traveled to underprivileged schools around the country and led painting workshops.Oh, and if you're looking for some hard numbers to attach to Autumn's talent, she's got those, too.Her paintings raked in over $7 million at auctions by the time she was a teenager — fetching as much as $25,000 each — much of which has gone directly to charities and disaster relief funds. Autumn de ForestAt 22 years old now, what's Autumn de Forest up to lately?A lot!The transition from child prodigy to respected artist has kept her busy.In 2017, the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center in Hendersonville, Tennessee hosted a major solo exhibition for de Forest titled "Her White Room: The Art of Autumn de Forest."That same year, de Forest was listed as one of Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21." In her profile she was praised for her talent as well as her commitment to art education."In dis­advantaged schools, they consider the arts an extracur­ricular activity," she told Teen Vogue. "It's devastating, as there could be child prodigies in these schools, but they don't know that they have this God-­given gift because they're not given the opportunity because there's nearly no art programs in schools."In 2018, de Forest was featured in the music video for the song "Youth" by best-selling recording artists Shawn Mendes and Khalid. The video highlights exceptional young people working to change the world, including de Forest, Emma González, and Elias and Zion Phoenix.The video has over 17 million plays on YouTube.And of course, Autumn continues to share her absolutely incredible artwork on Instagram and in shows and exhibitions around the globe. See on Instagram The Autumn de Forest Foundation, helps her keep track of the kids she's met throughout the years and to continue to help them with their art careers. A portion of the foundation's money goes to a 529 account set up for the students while 10% goes to them directly."A lot of these kids that I work with, they're not very old, they're in second grade, third grade, fourth grade. Maybe in 10 years, they may only have four or five thousand dollars but that could be the difference between them going to college or not," Autumn told Teen Vogue.Autumn's incredible rise in the art world is an astonishing feat for someone who's still in her teens. But that accomplishment is easily matched by her generosity and commitment to helping develop tomorrow's prodigies as well.For more information, visit the Autumn de Forest Foundation.This article originally appeared on 5.30.16

It all started with a (kind of) innocuous post on X.User Santi Ruiz prefaced his post by saying that he didn't want to "stir the parenting discourse pot."He was, to put it lightly, not successful.Responding to another user who had written (now deleted): "Sleep deprivation is for like four months and then you just sleep normally most nights."Ruiz added on in a quote repost: "The sleep deprivation is fine. It’s totally fine. You suck it up and then it’s over. Grow up."(Definitely sounds like someone who "doesn't want to stir the pot!") — (@) With the pot sufficiently stirred, Ruiz's post began making its way across the X parenting universe, racking up over 1 million views (to just one thousand Likes... talk about being ratio'd.)First on the scene were the blue-check dads excitedly agreeing. — (@) "It's all fine. Literally, grow up," one wrote."Seriously, I get that it's not fun but stop being so soft," added another. — (@) Another dad chimed in that he just drinks green tea for energy and feels great!Another posited that if it was really so bad, there wouldn't be so many couples with more than one child!Reading the replies, you got the sense that these guys really had no idea how the other half lives — or their other half, to be specific.Luckily...The moms of X quickly showed up to set the record straight about sleep deprivation being "not that bad."Clearly, there is a disconnect between the experiences of the average dad in the early post-partum months and the experiences of the average mom.Shocking, I know! — (@) Could it be... that there's a difference between being the one who carried and birthed a baby and (in many cases) is responsible for feeding it with your body, versus just being there to help out as much as you can? — (@) The stories women shared in the replies and quotes were heartbreaking.Torture levels of sleep deprivation, hallucinations, and even becoming physically ill.And probably most frightening of all was the revelation that becoming deeply sleep deprived could lead to a person harming their own baby in extreme cases. — (@) It may come as a shock to the "just drink green tea and take a nap" guys, but chronic sleep deprivation can exacerbate postpartum depression, make you more irritable, increase anxiety, and even make you hallucinate.For moms, you can pile that on top of the fact that postpartum recovery from the physical and emotional trauma of birth is a process that can take months — and is slowed and hindered by lack of sleep!Sleep deprivation isn't just something parents deal with for a "few months."While some people are blessed with babies that sleep early and often, that's not overly typical.Many babies don't consistently sleep through the night until around 6-12 months old. But that's not even the whole story.Breastfeeding moms may have to breastfeed in the middle of the night for 6-18 months or even longer! Some bottle fed babies can stop night-feeding earlier (3-4 months), but many will go for 6 or more months.Not to mention there are a laughable number of common sleep regression ages — developmental periods where your normally good-sleeper may have trouble. Some experts say there are six or more of these setback stages before your child even turns 2, which feels like a cruel joke when you're living through it.That is a really long time to have your sleep disrupted every single night!Even when the disruption becomes relatively minor, it can have tons of adverse mental and physical health effects when it goes on for such a long time.Surprisingly, "suck it up" is not a credible treatment for chronic sleep loss.There is one good thing to come out of this discourse: Everyone's mileage may vary. Some people's kids are great sleepers from an early age. Others aren't.The OP may have wanted to stir up controversy for some extra followers, or maybe he just put his foot in his mouth based on his own not-so-bad experience.But you can learn a lot by examining the discourse firestorm that came after.If you truly want children but are scared of sleep deprivation horror stories, just know that it can be managed with the right support. It can be extremely harrowing but it's not a reason to deprive yourself of a family if that's what you want — you may not have it as bad as others have! A lot of the people chiming in to agree probably weren't ill-intentioned, just fortunate.More importantly, maybe let's not invalidate other parents' experiences and feelings.Saying that the sleep deprivation wasn't that bad for you is fine, but telling other people they're being soft and to grow up is mind-blowingly oblivious and unnecessary.Tired parents need all the support we can get — and more importantly, maybe someone to watch the kids so we can take a nap.

Those of us of a certain age remember asking for directions and keeping two-inch thick road atlases in our cars to find our way around. Then with the internet came the miracle of Mapquest, followed by the how-did-we-ever-live-without-this GPS systems you could attach to your dashboard. Then smartphones kicked the road trip game up a notch with map apps that not only give up step-by-step directions but also real-time traffic conditions and the ability to find a gas station or restaurant with gluten-free options along your route. Even those of us who grew up with paper maps struggle to recall how we ever got anywhere before Google Maps. Now we're so deep into the map app era that we're past the wow stage and into the nit-picky stage. It's no longer good enough to have a handheld computer tell us how to get someplace in real time. Now we have expectations, preferences, opinions and complaints. We also have data and anecdotes with which to compare different apps and discuss which ones do what best. And hoo boy do people have thoughts on that front. Former Uber employee Flo Crivello shared some info on X about the analysis they did with three of the most popular map apps—Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze—using a dataset with millions of trips. The big winner? Apple Maps. — (@) Google came in second, and Waze was a distant third (worst "by far")."The research also included which apps people *thought* was worse, and the order came in the exact opposite order," Crivello shared. "We understood why Apple Maps got a bad rap given how bad it was at launch — it rapidly got better, but the brand stuck. Waze was more of a mystery, and we ended up realizing that people thought its routes were best because it was exposing them to so much info on traffic, construction, police presence etc… Everyone thinks they want a minimalist UI, but in practice, when they see all this info, they subconsciously conclude 'wow, these guys really have their sh*t together' — even when the routes were actually the worst ones."Crivello said the results "may be shocking," presumably because Apple Maps started with the worst reputation. In fact, Apple CEO Tim Cook famously apologized for Apple Maps in 2012 and recommended people use Google Maps instead.However, in the years since, Apple Maps has redeemed itself while Google Maps has lost a bit of its initial luster. Then Waze came along, which people in cities with variable traffic touted as more accurate for timing and real-time updates, becoming some people's favorite. But according to his data eight years ago, Apple was the winner. Do those results still hold? Some people in the replies said Google Maps was the best, hands down, while other said they preferred Apple or Waze.It might depend on where you live and what you look for in a map app (and whether you even have access to Apple Maps). Discussions about these apps abound, with some common threads throughout. Many people agree that the U.S. is where Apple Maps shines, but Google Maps works better abroad. Apple Maps offers more natural navigation directions, such as "Not at this stop sign, but at the next one, turn right," instead of Google Maps' assumption that everyone knows how far 300 feet is. Google maps has great searchability and is easier to check reviews of places compared to Apple Maps. So opinions might vary on "best" depending on what you're using it for.Waze has loyal users and people who love to joke about where it reroutes you when there's traffic. — (@) These are not the only three map apps available, either. People who travel internationally and use public transportation seem partial to the CityMapper app, which makes finding train and bus routes simple with a user-friendly interface, so again, a lot depends on why you're using the app in the first place.As far as popularity goes, Google Maps boasts a whopping 1 billion monthly users. While Apple Maps usage doesn't have any hard numbers, there is data that shows younger generations are partial to iPhones, on which Apple Maps is a native app, so its usage may be growing. What's your experience? Which map app do you prefer? This article originally appeared on 5.30.24

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