Though motherhood has long involved the intangible, yet nonetheless taxing responsibilities of managing a household, we’ve only had the term “invisible labor” to actually define this experience for thirty some odd years. And if the conversation of invisible labor is still fairly new in the world of adults, how can they teach kids to be cognizant of it?Sam Kelly, therapist and mom of three, has a pretty cool solution to this, and it starts by tweaking the traditional chore list. On her Threads account, Kelly explained that she has ongoing conversations about invisible labor with her 6, 10, and 12-year-old, where she teaches them that “that the very first step in anything getting done around the house (including chores) is NOTICING that something needs to get done and then doing it.”It’s through these conversations that Kelly realized the chores charts that most parents use miss this “crucial step,” which only “defaults that emotional labor onto me, their mom/the woman, to carry the load of knowing what needs to get done and then doing the work of assigning tasks.”So, instead of chores, Kelly’s family participates in an activity she calls their “Notice and Do’s.”“I’m teaching my kids how to first notice what needs to be done around the house and then take the initiative to actually do it on their own,” she writes, with the end goal being for them to eventually participate in “shouldering the mental load (in age-appropriate ways)” without needing instructions from mom. Post by @samkelly_world View on Threads Long term, Kelly hopes that her kids will not only be more aware of invisible labor that happens every day, but also “have developed the proactive, self-motivational skills to take responsibility for doing it themselves.”In creating her “Notice and Do” lists, Kelly has also made sure to address—and dispel— inherent gender norms, in both teaching her daughter that it is not solely a woman’s job, and teaching her son to take an equal amount of responsibility. “This might seem like a crazy fantasy pipe dream. I get it,” she writes. “But slowly, over time…it’s working.”All in all, other adults seemed to love this approach.“Those are all great executive functioning skills of planning, organization, perception, attention, working memory and initiation at work. Well done!????,” one person wrote. “I love this. It really TEACHES instead of just bossing them around. Goes a long way,” another added.” Kelly’s “Notice and Do” list obviously isn’t a fix-all, but the fact that it’s creating awareness around labor which so often goes unnoticed is such a game changer. Think about how different our society might be if this mindset skill was as commonly taught as the alphabet or time tables.Thankfully, Kelly did make it easy to teach kids with a free guide, which you can check out here.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was found not liable on April 4 in a lawsuit where he was accused of stealing elements of the Marvin Gaye classic "Let's Get It On" for his 2014 hit, “Thinking Out Loud."The case called attention to the fact that there are motifs and musical structures common in pop music that no one owns, and all are free to use. When it comes to chord progressions, the 12-bar blues and basic I, IV, V, I progressions you hear in country and folk have been used and reused since people first picked up the guitar. In the wrong hands, the progressions can result in music that is boring and formulaic, but in the right hands, they can be a springboard for fresh ideas.In 2009 Australian comedy group Axis Of Awesome did a funny sketch showing how one four-chord progression, famous for being the basis of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” has been used countless times by musicians to great effect.They played a medley of 38 major hits using the same progression to prove their point. For musicians, it’s known as the I–V–vi–IV progression, and when played in the key of C it would be C, G, Am, F.Warning: Video contains strong language.Here’s a list of all of the songs in the medley.Journey - “Don't Stop Believing”James Blunt - “You're Beautiful”Alphaville - “Forever Young”Jason Mraz - “I'm Yours”Mika - “Happy Ending”Alex Lloyd - “Amazing”The Calling - “Wherever You Will Go”Elton John - “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”Maroon 5 - “She Will Be Loved”The Last Goodnight - “Pictures Of You”U2 - “With Or Without You”Crowded House - “Fall At Your Feet”Kasey Chambers - “Not Pretty Enough”The Beatles - “Let It Be”Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Under the Bridge”Daryl Braithwaite - “The Horses”Bob Marley - “No Woman No Cry”Marcy Playground - “Sex and Candy”Men at Work - “Land Down Under”Banjo Patterson - “Waltzing Matilda”A-ha - “Take On Me”Green Day - “When I Come Around”Eagle Eye Cherry - “Save Tonight”Toto - “Africa”Beyonce - “If I Were A Boy”The Offspring - “Self Esteem”The Offspring - “You're Gonna Go Far Kid”Pink - “You and Your Hand”Lady Gaga - “Poker Face”Aqua - “Barbie Girl”The Fray - “You Found Me”30h!3 - “Don't Trust Me”MGMT - “Kids”Tim Minchin - “Canvas Bags”Natalie Imbruglia - “Torn”Five For Fighting - “Superman”Axis Of Awesome - “Birdplane”Missy Higgins - “Scar”This article originally appeared last year.

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  Having only seen the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level; it was hard to guess what to expect from the Mega Man short. The only real unifying principle of any episode of Secret Level is that engages with some kind of idea from the video game in question. As it turns out, the Mega Man short was a lot more faithful than I could have reasonably expected. By which I mean, this seven-minute film hews so close to the source material it kind of looks like a pilot episode for a full series. I doubt anyone will ever actually make any such series, due to the sheer quantity of action. But wow, this is some proof of concept.   If you think back to pretty much any Mega Man game you’ve ever played, the plot is either implicitly or explicitly that the evil Dr. Wily has turned all the normally peace-loving robots in the world peaceful for his own purposes and Mega Man, or Rockman, is tasked by his inventor Dr. Light with putting a stop to that madness. While it’s strange to think so, I’d never really noticed the extent to which Mega Man is just a riff off of Astro Boy before. Then again, I expect most Americans are in the same position. In the English language, at least, Mega Man is probably the better-known character and so otherwise known for just fighting other robots, rather than any actual plot, that he doesn’t even seem particularly anime.   Yet Rockman here, in full 3D animated glory is fully plot-driven, stepping into his destiny as the protector of his world despite Dr. Light’s misgivings about Rockman not actually being designed for combat. Rockman is noble, resourceful, and most importantly, so small in stature and autonomous that he…well, I don’t really want to spoil it, short as this short is. Let me put it this way- if you ever wanted an epic cinematic to play right before you start a game of Mega Man, this episode of Secret Level is basically just that cinematic. While purists might quibble over the fact that the main weapon he ends up using isn’t the Mega Buster, at the end of the day, this is most definitely who most of us roleplay when we play Mega Man, and this is the world he lives in too- just with much nicer graphics.   The post Secret Level Episode 110 Review: Mega Man appeared first on Old School Gamer Magazine.