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Baby shocks and delights crowd by taking magical first steps during WNBA halftime crawl

And the crowd goes wild!

By Cecily Knobler

It's a small step for a baby, but a GIANT step for mankind—at least on the Internet. Even though the Minnesota Lynx beat the living heck out of the Vegas Aces, it didn't sully the adorable halftime baby-race show. And now, basketball might never be the same.

From the WNBC Instagram page, they note "some wholesome content for your timeline."

The Las Vegas Aces baby crawl is already adorable enough as it is. But on this particular day, magic struck.

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👶 Bob Odenkirk brings folks to tears talking about his envy of parents who still have little kids

"I understood my purpose.”

By Heather Wake

Many of us think of Bob Odenkirk as a professional actor and writer, but it seems the identity he holds most closely is being a father.

Recently, the Better Call Saul star appeared on fellow funny man Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast. The two chatted a bit about the craft, particularly about how anger can elevate comedy, before Birbiglia asked who Odenkirk was jealous of.

Without skipping a beat, Odenkirk answered: “Anybody who’s still got little kids at home growing up.”

If you think that’s sweet… keep reading.

He’s gonna keep that quilt forever. ♥️

👵 People over 70 share the best life advice they were given that actually stuck

"We have the privilege of being able to look back at a life well-lived."

By Emily Shiffer

Gleaning knowledge and wisdom from older generations is a right of passage in life. The best life advice usually comes from people who have lived some solid years and have real experiences under their belts.

In a Reddit thread of people 70 years old or older, member LMO_TheBeginning asked their fellow septuagenarians: "Best life advice you were given? We have the privilege of being able to look back at a life well-lived," they wrote. "So what's a piece of advice you were given that you still hold onto this day and would like to pass on to others?"

🏫 Parents were irate when a 5th-grade assignment asked kids to 'set their price for a slave'

Somehow, this is still happening.

By Evan Porter

The slave trade is an extremely dark and horrific part of American history. It's impossible to talk about the history of our country without it, but it's also difficult to talk about with the right level of sensitivity, respect, nuance, and context. Millions of people died directly because of the Atlantic slave trade, which is to say nothing of the inhumane cruelty that the survivors of enslavement suffered.

How do you explain something so unimaginably awful to children? No one would ever say it's easy, but outdated curriculums and even insensitive teachers have been bungling it for decades. Poorly thought-out slavery lessons have been a problem in American schools for a long time now.

In an effort to help kids make sense of something so truly senseless, assignments often try to put kids in the shoes of slave owners and ask that they understand the reasons and logic behind the practice. This is the wrong lesson, and stories like this one show exactly why.