Allison is a mom on TikTok who goes by the username agoyneee_xo. She posted a video of a hack that has helped her toddler sleep through the night, and it’s gone viral. “I saw a video on TikTok that said if you give your baby a banana before bed, they will sleep through the night,” she said. So, mom tried it out because “anyone that knows me knows I’ve had the most absolute worst sleeper since the day she was born,” she explained glancing back at her little one....

RELATED: The Best Kids’ Movies Adults Will Enjoy And it succeeds. Not only is Sgt. Stubby receiving rave early reviews, but it’s also joining a small but proud history of animated movies that teach kids about the horrors of war in a way that they can understand. So, in its honor, we wanted to wax poetic about other animated films that do the same. While not every animated war movie hits the same age range, or the same topics, one thing that unites the best ones is that they treat the subject of war with respect, while also making it palatable for kids in a way that live action films can’t....

Hanukkah Gifts For Kids Curious George In Yiddish This Hannukah gift gives your kid a storytime experience you never knew: having your great-grandmother from the old country read to you about the adventures of a man in a yellow hat and his precocious little monkey friend. Yiddish transliteration and an alphabet chart and pronunciation key make reading and learning a new old language easy, and finally settle whether your nana is in fact just making up all those words....

RELATED: 5 Best Basic Phones for Kids The recipes can make life easier by, for example, automatically texting your partner when you leave the office. They can also convince your kids that you control the house with your mind, by having the LED lightbulbs in the living room go into full disco mode when you walk through the door. We asked the IFTTT team to recommend the best IFTTT Recipes for families, kids, and fathers....

I could not adore my six-month-old more. But it’s open to debate as to whether or not he’s even cognizant that he’s an autonomous being existing independently from his mother. He certainly doesn’t have “swag.” He doesn’t have “attitude.” He does not possess the canned sass of Garfield or ALF. He eats and drinks and sleeps and smiles beatifically and coos and poops himself and that’s pretty much it. Yet his wardrobe is nevertheless full of onesies donated by friends that loudly proclaim that he’s the boss, that he runs things and calls the shots with his bad self....

Here’s What Biden’s Announcement Means The Biden administration’s decision to require schools to administer federally mandated standardized tests is seen by some as one of the first big, hard, and likely unpopular decisions by the administration. But the admin seems keen on giving educators and administrators some leeway. The tests can be shorter, administered remotely, or even given on a delayed schedule. Still, the tests will represent an organizational challenge as schools will have to figure out how, exactly, to administer these tests safely and in an environment that is remotely close to what it would be in a normal, in-person school session....

The problem with the phrase “toxic masculinity” is that it pathologizes traditional masculine traits, some of which are actually positive. Promoting the idea of toxic masculinity leaves no room for discussing positive masculine traits like courage, respect for women, and service to one’s community. But more than that, the trope of toxic masculinity obscures the fact that traits like aggression and dominance do not in themselves lead to violence. The thing is that aggression and dominance can be crucial traits to draw upon....

Ok, so maybe that’s not quite every dad. But the movie is pretty damn badass. And in it, Odenkirk undergoes the kind of transformation that leaves you slack-jawed. That’s him, ripped and shredded, and throwing around punches while evading a vindictive drug lord. In short, it’s the perfect film, featuring the perfect character, when we’re all desperate for escapism. Odenkirk, who’s got two kids (Erin, 20, and Nate, 22) with wife Naomi, talks to Fatherly about the sheer tedium of building muscle, and what being a good dad means to him....

In the new trailer, Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell, the titular nobody, a seemingly average dad who turns out to have a secret past, “a long-dormant piece of me that so badly wants out.” It seems he once worked for some very dangerous people as an auditor, “the last guy anyone wants to see at their door.” Now, after a home invasion that’s got family, friends and the cops questioning his toughness, Hutch releases his inner Kraken, going beast-mode on some tough guys (“I’m gonna fuck you up”) and dealing with some old debts involving a Russian mobster....

“Bringing these groups together marks a significant milestone and is the biggest step forward to date as the BSA works toward our dual imperatives of equitably compensating survivors of abuse and preserving the mission of Scouting,” the Scouts said in a statement. “I am pleased that both the BSA and their local councils have stepped up to be the first to compensate the survivors,” Ken Rothweiler, one of three lead negotiators on behalf of the victims, said in a statement celebrating what he called “the largest settlement of sexual abuse claims in United States history....

Why are breech birth’s dangerous? Because serious complications, notably head entrapment, are highly probable if not inevitable. Breech births were likely the cause of high infant mortality rates before the advent of modern medicine. That said, breech babies are can be planned for and accommodated thanks to modern medical technology. There is, to put it succinctly, no reason to panic, but plenty of reason to be proactive. A baby in a breech position is usually detected at around halfway through the third trimester....

On the newest episode of The Fatherly Podcast, host Joshua David Stein pursues these existential stumpers with spiritual leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, leader of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and a father of three young daughters. As an icon to hundreds of thousands of people, Mipham has struck a careful balance between serving as a leader and raising his children with the same mindfulness and values he tries to teach his followers....

For me, obsessively curating bottle warmers and organic crib sheets and artisanal wooden mobiles crafted by fair-trade artisans was a way of feeling in control of my pregnancy, which was marching along with absolutely no interest in how I was feeling. My body was a force unto itself, and while that is awe-inspiring, it’s also daunting when you’re talking about older parents who are used to having every part of their lives under lock....

exercise, a balanced diet, and other factors like drinking and smoking less. Now, a calculator you can use at home identifies the best changes you can make to reduce your risk of getting dementia — and exactly what that risk is.“What sets this dementia risk calculator apart is that you don’t need to visit a doctor for any tests,” said Stacey Fisher, the lead author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and Public Health Ontario....

When my wife and I were first house hunting in earnest last fall, we actually watched a fair amount of Fixer Upper to kind of cheer ourselves up. At the time, I had a lot of patience for the Gaines schtick. I figured that though Chip and Joanna were likely full of shit — being on television is often a symptom of this condition — they were at least helping people see potential in homes that otherwise might be overlooked....

Miriam B* (not her real name) had just entered her second marriage with two teenage kids in tow. Feeling overwhelmed by the adjustment of not being a single mom anymore — and frustrated by her husband’s inability to tackle their issues — she began an affair with her coworker that lasted two and a half years. Although it was not an emotional affair, she was still ready to leave her husband....

Here’s what we know so far. KBK is the moniker given to the woman who, in a viral video, gets out of her car to scream at the rideshare driver who apparently cut her off in traffic. In the parlance of the Internet, a Karen is an entitled white woman, the kind of person who regularly asks to speak to the manager. It’s not a term of endearment. The video was recorded by Chelsea Klein, the backseat passenger, who becomes the object of KBK’s ire....

Lego Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Infinity War Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown Building Kit This 1,001 piece set, which tasks you with building a three-level New York City building including the Sanctum Sanctorum, a pizzeria, and Peter Parker’s apartment, enables you to take part in a variety of close quarter superhero antics without all of the crumbling and death and child-unfriendly cliff hangers. Normally $100, it’s on sale today for $65. Buy Now $65...

A dad prank, in the sense that I mean it, isn’t a child pranking his or her (though usually his, since pranking like prostate cancer almost an exclusively male affliction) father, but a father pranking his son or daughter. Just as there are circles in Dante’s Inferno, there are degrees in dad pranks. Some seem relatively harmless — remember that Dad who wrote a fake rejection to his daughter because she cheated at Mario Kart or the other dad who “pranked” his kid replacing mayonnaise with vanilla pudding and eating it, much to the horror of his offspring?...