The Couch Coaster is literally a cup holder that wraps over the arm of your sofa. It’s made of flexible non-slip silicone, bends to fit almost any size/shape couch arm, and stays in place thanks to weighted sides. Plus, it comes in 5 colors (from Roso Red to Cool Cream) so there’s a good chance it’ll even match that pleather sectional in your man cave. Billed as one-size fits all, the Couch Coaster can hold a wide array of containers including, but not limited to, “mugs, tumblers, bottles and cans....

To help you avoid them, we spoke to a variety of experts to see what common mistakes to avoid when negotiating alimony payments — and what to keep in mind in order to not lose your cool. Opting For Lump Sum or Short-Term, High-Cost Payments “Every time I represent the breadwinner, the first thing they think is: I want to pay the least, and I want to pay for the shortest amount of time,” says Vikki Ziegler, a divorce attorney who has been working in family law for 20 years....

“While a hot toddy can’t necessarily cure a cold or stop it in its tracks, the warm beverage’s ingredients are known to alleviate cold symptoms,” says David Greuner, M.D., a surgeon at NYC Surgical Associates. Besides alcohol’s famous pain-killing powers (try gargling with whiskey and warm water to numb a sore throat), moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to dilate mucus membranes much in the same way as menthol does, Greuner says....

Fatherly, So I have a six-year-old son and a newborn. My wife and I live in Houston where there have been a couple of cases of measles. I was talking with my best friend the other day and he actually told me his wife wasn’t vaccinating their kids and he was really worried. The problem is that his son and my son are really close. We go over to their house all the time to hang out and they come over to ours....

“It does not seem to be just a temporary problem, because erectile ability was still affected after a year and, according to the results, did not seem likely to improve just with [alcohol] abstinence,” researchers from Santo Tomas University in Colombia and the University of Granada in Spain wrote in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Too much phytoestrogen in men can cause hormonal imbalances that could lead to gynecomastia, or enlarged breasts....

There are so many words in the English language, so many terms of endearment, so many permutations of the name you gave your child. Buddy, a weirdo f#$king word that is at once specific and vague, is a cop-out. Worse than a cop-out, it’s a bad cop-out. As anyone who casts a shadow knows, buddy is not purely a term of endearment. Buddy, according to no less an august source than the Cambridge Dictionary, can be used as a form of address “when talking to a man, sometimes in a friendly way but often when you are annoyed....

Address Your Concerns Early Feel blocked out by your wife’s extended family? It’s a common issue. What should be a relationship suddenly feels like a competition, and any chance at a healthy connection can feel doomed. But by knowing this, you can turn it around before it heads south. Getting your relationship with your in-laws to a healthy place requires knowing (and acknowledging) that all in-law relationships are rooted in competition for your own individual positions of power within the two different families you each have with that lucky person who happens to be your significant other....

According to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, 1 in 5 parents reported that they had started to feed their kids fast food more often than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 2000 parents who had at least one child between the ages of 3 and 18 participated in the survey. It revealed that parents are struggling with mealtime due to the pandemic....

So, let’s throw that idea away for a second and just focus on some fun, engaging summer books that you’re actually going to like. Here are a few titles Fatherly has been digging this summer, regardless if they’ve made it onto other book lists, or not. From thrillers to non-fiction, to a novel that reads like an extended deleted scene for a movie, here’s what to throw in your beach bag for the rest of the summer....

Traditional masculinity prescribes stoicism between father and son. But when it comes to talking to sons about the birds and the bees, silence and a few well-placed words is not the best tactic for a father and son to choose. In fact, discussions around sex, money, and love should be just that: discussions. The more talking, the better and you can leave the birds and the bees out of it....

Many women and couples who decide to terminate a pregnancy do so because they feel unprepared for the cost of raising children. In a 2013 study published in the journal BMC Women’s Health, researchers found that 40 percent of American women cite socioeconomic concerns as the primary reason for seeking an abortion. From an economic standpoint, that makes a tremendous amount of sense. Raising a child has become increasingly expensive....

According to ABC News, Zander said he was being “silenced” and shared his concerns in a Twitter thread a few weeks ago. “My principal called me into his office and informed me that if my graduation speech referenced my activism or role as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, school administration had a signal to cut off my microphone, end my speech, and halt the ceremony.” Zander is one of the youngest plaintiffs in a lawsuit that was filed against the state of Florida over its anti-trans anti-gay “Parental Rights in Education” law....

How many Dude Dad vlogs have you made over the years?I think we’re at… 325 now, 330. Something like that is how many three-minute-long videos we’ve done.How similar and how different did you want Super Dad to be from Dude Dad?Super Dad basically has one piece of what we do on Dude Dad, but it takes that one piece and dives in way deeper. We obviously had the ability to do that, because it’s a different format....

“Be good. Learn lots. Have fun. Do your best.” These four requests embody the vast majority of the goals I hope my kids can internalize during their formative years. But what do they mean? Or, more specifically, what do I want my kids to understand they mean? Be Good Yes, this is partly a reminder to follow the rules and adhere to the guidance of teachers and others who might be responsible for their safety and well-being....

But, will your kids start with that Spidey cartoon? Probably not! A far more energetic and inclusive Spider-Man series is about to launch, and, let’s face it, this is the one your kids are probably going to watch. On August 6, and August 20, Disney Jr. is debuting two new animated shows, Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends (8.6) and Mickey Mouse Funhouse (8.20.) Here’s a high-octane exclusive trailer. Be warned!...

According to the recall report, Hauck Toys has received 639 reports in the U.S. alone of this steering wheel issue, and at least two kids have been injured. One incident resulted in a “laceration to a child’s face requiring stitches” while another resulted in “a minor scrape to a child’s chest.”

If you need further proof — besides observing your curious and active child — that a top of stairs baby gate is a good idea, consider this stat from a 2012 long-term study in the journal Pediatrics: “A child less than 5 years old is treated in a US emergency department, on average, every 6 minutes for a stair-related injury.” For tops of stairs gates, experts strongly recommend that parents go with hardware-mounted baby gates....

Researchers from Tulane University in New Orleans analyzed UK Biobank data from 176,570 adults. They found that those who reported adding salt to their food more frequently were more likely to suffer from a cardiovascular event — heart failure and ischemia were the most common — than those who reported less salt intake. Of the 176,570 adults analyzed, 9,963 total cardiovascular events were noted. The most common was ischemic heart disease, also called coronary heart disease, the condition that leads to heart attack, with 6,993 cases, followed by 2,007 stroke cases, and 2,269 cases of heart failure....

In fact, we know far less about how girls handle their periods within the context of American schools than we do about how girls handle the same issues in schools in Nepal, Ghana, Pakistan, and Tanzania. Why the information gap? The United Nations and the World Health Organization take special interest in menstrual hygiene in the developing world, where girls are known to drop out when they have their menarche or are exiled for the week of their periods....