unflinchingly honest, the memoir version of the ramen that made him famous: Hearty and rich, yet also surprisingly smokey and piquant, with unexpectedly shocking explosions of flavor. In the book, Chang reveals that even as he soared professionally as the rowdy wunderkind of the restaurant world, he was privately lurching between manic and depressive phases. He had at one point fixated on suicide, something he knew would eternally shame his traditional family....

Who cares about the national political discourse? What the hell has happened to the discourse in my house? Where did my sweet angel child learn to talk like that? There is a sizeable community that would suggest that my boy is a victim of the current political zeitgeist. Of course he’s hurling insults, this thinking goes, the president has called women pigs and is known to insult political opponents like Chuck Schumer with names like “sleepy eyes,” an anti-semitic deep cut....

Developed in Spain (those people know napping), Deki BabyBalanz is portable device that turns any stroller into an automatic baby rocker, thus allowing you to get back to doing more important things — like washing bottles, or sending work email, or deciding which tight end to start on Sunday. Attach the Balanz to the stroller’s front wheel and hit the “on” switch (actually, 2 “on” switches — for safety!) From there, the rocker’s 40 RPM motor gently moves the stroller back and forth in a motion....

The happiest place on earth has announced plans to add a sixth-tier price option, a move that will ultimately raise the prices on some single and multi-day tickets. Here’s what parents need to know. Disney announced on October 25th that a sixth-level tiered ticket will soon be an option for people trying to go to the parks. This newer level will become available when there’s a high demand at the park, meaning the most popular days to visit will end up costing a lot more....

“I would call them all excuses to explain the behavior we’re going to be doing anyway,” says child psychiatrist Kyle Pruett, M.D., author of Partnership Parenting, who dismisses the idea of the non-yelling parent as a fiction. Here are the lessons parents are taught about yelling that may not be true at all. Myth #1: Yelling Affects Them As Adults “It depends on the temperament of the child,” says Pruett....

The highly controversial bill received heavy criticism and sparked protests at schools throughout the state, with experts warning of the potential harm that could come if the bill were passed. But the bill went through the Republication-controlled state’s House of Representatives with a 69-47 vote. Just after the bill was proposed, Governor DeSantis offered his endorsement of the Parental Rights in Education bill while speaking at an event in Miami on Feb....

In her new book, Chasing Masculinity: Men, Validation, and Infidelity, sociologist Dr. Alicia Walker looked to a sample of men who went on Ashley Madison, the dating service that caters to men and women looking to have discreet affairs. After speaking to a variety of the anonymous men about why they cheated, she found that they were indeed having affairs for attention, validation, and to avoid feelings of emasculation. Many of the men felt that their feelings were being overlooked — felt being the main term there, as few of them confirmed their notions with their wives....

Tony is a retired air conditioner engineer and dad with four kids. He used his experience and skills to claim the Guinness World Record. Recently, he took his homebuilt lawn mower to Elvington Airfield in York, UK, to test how fast it is before proving that it can also cut grass. According to The Sun, the previous record for the fastest lawn mower was 133mph. Tony blew past that, clocking in at 143mph....

I’ve started barbecuing a lot this summer and I am an unapologetic carnivore. The other day my preschool daughter asked me where steak comes from and I was at a loss. Should I just tell her it’s from a dead cow? Craig Chicago, Illinois * Every dad who has ever faced follow-up questions after throwing a cow-part on the grill feels your pain, Craig. I was actually considering becoming a vegetarian myself just to avoid a similar questions from my 5-year-old....

My wife and I have been trying to have another kid, but it turns out I have low sperm count. We’re not up for any crazy medical interventions just yet, and we hear fertility clinics can be pretty unpleasant. So is there anything I can do to increase my sperm count naturally? Gary Clarke Rochester, New York * Probably not. Sorry to say it, Gary, but alternative medicine is really a misnomer....

The report, related to a 2019 recall of 4.7 million Rock ‘n’ Play Sleepers connected to 50 infant deaths, comes just days after the company issued another recall on 250,000 infant soothers related to four infant deaths, as well as infant gliders. Fisher-Price launched the Rock ‘n’ Play Sleeper in 2009 and sold it for a decade, earning over $200 million from the product alone. But the report finds that executives at Fisher-Price allegedly ignored warnings from parents and health professionals about the Rock ‘n’ Play’s safety....

Parents caring for medically fragile kids understand the importance of handwashing, sanitizing, and how vital following these rules is to keep germs and viruses away. The common flu could be deadly for their children. And parents who don’t care for children with health issues that put them at risk for dying from the flu rarely give it a second thought. However, living through a pandemic, where following those same virus-reduction protocols are instrumental to reducing the spread of COVID-19, has made this year’s flu season is practically non-existent....

On Monday, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with Brosnan in which the actor said that the time was right for a woman to become 007. Brosnan’s comments come not long after a new rumor suggests that a female 007 will already be introduced in the plot of No Time To Die. According to several sources, Lashana Lynch will play a new MI6 agent in the next film who has been assigned the number “007” since Bond departed the service....

“On the way to the trampoline park, my 7-year-old regurgitated what her older sister told her about how babies are made,” the mom who filmed the video said. “I was so shocked to hear her say this that when we arrived, I asked her to repeat what she had said while I videotaped it.” And we’re so glad she had her daughter repeat her story and that she taped it for all of us....

Last year, 72 percent of families with kids under 16 years old reported that they enjoyed watching Halloween movies and TV shows together. But what are they watching? Well, their favorites, of course, while catching up on some favorites they haven’t seen yet. And that’s why knowing what other people are watching can help. CenturyLinkQuote wanted to find out which horror and scary TV shows were the most popular across the country....

How does a child, not even 2 years old, go from playing in the backyard to batting against one of the famous baseball players ever on the most-watched late night talk show? According to his parents, Leah and Cory Willig, it’s all about the talent. But the internet helped. “It was his bat speed that showed us how good he is,” says Cory, who played in the minor leagues for 4 years and is now a professional batting instructor in Atlanta....

The average person farts up to 20 times a day, passing anywhere from 500 to 1,500 milliliters of gas. But for pregnant people, this number inflates because their bodies produce more progesterone. Progesterone causes the intestine muscles to relax to make room for a growing baby, says Dr. Michael Cackovic, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Ohio State University. These relaxed muscles also make it much easier for pregnancy farts to slip out....

For those struggling to remember The Love Bug and it’s star Herbie, here’s the deal: The film follows a down-and-out Northern California race car driver as he looks for a car that can get him back into the road-racing circuit. After finding himself in an upscale foreign car dealership run by the guy who plays Mr. Banks (David Tomlinson) in Mary Poppins, he meets Herbie the VW, who is barely being controlled by the dealership’s staff....

In a show of solidarity with the movement and acknowledging the death of George Floyd, Nickelodeon went off air for eight minutes and 46 seconds yesterday. The timing is significant as that’s the length of time Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck and back, ultimately killing him and continuing to restrain him with the unnecessary use of force for minutes after his death. The video, titled, “I Can’t Breathe,” featured someone breathing in and out for the entire eight minutes and 46 seconds, and ends with a call to join an organization, Color of Change, a nonprofit civil rights organization that was formed in the aftermath of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, a storm that disproportionately affected black Louisianians....

Watch here starting at 10 a.m. EST, where history is being made as to the 46th president of the United States, President Joe Biden, will be inaugurated alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, the first South Asian, Black, and woman, all separately, to be inaugurated as VP. The ceremonies will last all day, from the inauguration to TV specials to a kid-friendly live-stream hosted by Keke Palmer and performances in the evening....