The actor, comedian, and creator of the Netflix series Patriot Act shared the hilarious interaction on Twitter. Minhaj took a screenshot of his newly-reached one million follower count on Instagram with the message, “Hit 1 million followers dad! Hope you’re proud.” His dad’s response was nothing short of underwhelmed. “That’s 17 million less than Shah Rukh Khan,” he wrote. Shah Rukh Khan, in case you’re unfamiliar, is a hugely famous Bollywood actor and film producer with a cool 18....

Of course, College Years only lasted a single season. Having two children will run at least 18 seasons in prime time, before continuing forever in syndication. This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader. Opinions expressed in the story do not reflect the opinions of Fatherly as a publication. The fact that we’re printing the story does, however, reflect a belief that it is an interesting and worthwhile read. When my daughter was born, I got choked up, thinking how she would change my life for forever, for the better, and in ways I would never expect....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Flu Season and Kids This is analogous to what happens to your immune system when you co-parent. “You are completely changing the cells that constitute your immune system in a way as radical as changing your height,” says Adrian Liston, a researcher at the Translational Immunology Laboratory at VIB in Belgium. In 2016, Liston was part of the team that documented the physical composition of co-parents’ immune cells shifting to resemble their partners’ cells....

All the Details About Healthybaby’s Black Friday & Cyber Monday Event Here’s the low-down on Healthybaby’s Black Friday + Cyber Monday sale — don’t sleep on adding these dates to your calendar because you’re not going to want to miss these practically unheard-of deals. The Black Friday deals start Tuesday, November 22, and run through Wednesday, November 30. You can score 15% off everything on the site with the promo code THANKFUL....

Did you go through a phase where you put off paying real bills because you thought you’d get away with it? Yeah, me too, and I learned the hard way that it doesn’t work. Adults who have other people relying on them pay their taxes, and also, try to pay their debts without cheating. Trump, it seems, is more like a teenager with a new credit card — he doesn’t really seem to think the rules apply to him....

The students just received their ID’s, and they posted pictures of them to Twitter with the hashtag #NFID20. The results are incredible. Many students chose to reference pop culture that came out when they were babies or before they were even born. Kamilla Baybayova went for a Jasmine look inspired by the classic animated Aladdin, not this year’s live-action remake. They were infants when the show debuted, but at least three kids decided to dress up as characters from The Office....

My second was to start making a list. As a father-to-be, I had so much I wanted this kid to know — even though I didn’t know anything about this kid. How could he or she get through life without my vaunted pizza dough recipe, or my expert advice on making an omelette? What if my offspring didn’t understand why “Sk8r Boi” by Avril Lavigne may be the greatest story ever told or how gravity seemed to reverse itself watching Michael Jordan play live?...

“Newborns are super gassy,” explains Dr. Kristin Bencik-Boudreau, a pediatrician and assistant clinical professor at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. “The best way to help them deal with it is to burp them halfway through feeding. If they are nursing, do one side, burp them and then do the other side. If using a bottle, stop halfway through the feed, burp them and continue on.” Breastfed babies tend to require less burping than their bottle-fed counterparts, since they swallow less air, and certain types of bottles may reduce the amount of air a baby swallows, so it might be worth the effort to try a few different kinds....

The reality is that only about half of teens have sex for the first time before high school graduation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That figure hasn’t changed for more than a decade. And although the CDC data may quell some concerns, it raises new ones for parents as well. For example, despite having equal rates of consensual sex, LGBTQ teenagers are nearly twice as at risk of sexual assault....

Do I feel guilty about my children’s reliance on technology? Yes. Am I going to do anything about it? Probably not. But, what did parents do when they didn’t have a choice? Sure, there was plenty of television when I was little, but nothing like today. And, of course, the Internet didn’t exist. I’ve become so reliant on social media for distraction from the mundanity of a life where my only human interaction is with preschoolers that I wouldn’t know where to start if it was taken away....

Behind a piano and under the bright lights, Lee did not disappoint. His performance of Leon Russell’s A Song for You rivaled those of Donny Hathaway and The Carpenters. He impressed all the judges, none more so than Gabrielle Union. The latter gave him a golden buzzer, automatically advancing him to the next round of the competition for a million dollars that he would eventually win. Although not every family with twice-exceptional children gets a made-for-TV moment, Julian Lagoy, M....

Rich talks to Fatherly about his new book, “a collection of short stories about parenting and about trying to raise babies and they are absurdist, surreal stories,” and how his priorities have shifted since having kids. What’s been the biggest change in your life since you became a parent? It has forced me to go outside of my comfort zone and attempt things that I never would have otherwise. The biggest thing for me was learning how to drive a car because throughout my twenties, I made a few kind of halfhearted attempts to get my driver’s license....

Are you ready for more Seinfeld vibes in your Marvel movies? Well, good news, the post-credits scene of Black Widow features the return of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the scheming Contessa Val, who was last seen recruiting John Walker after his fall from grace in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But what’s she doing there and what’s all this mean? Well, it’s very possible that Loius-Dreyfus filmed this post-credits scene for Black Widow BEFORE The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and that MAYBE we were meant to see her in this post-credits scene before she appeared in FAWS....

True story: It’s 3 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, and my kids are on hour two of mindless animation. (I’d like to say they were watching a PBS learning program, but I’d be lying. If I call the sponge Robert, will it make him seem more elegant?) I’m stressed about tackling some big UX issues — not typically my area of expertise — and I can’t afford to take the day off....

There are a few reasons for the dynamic, some understandable, some self-inflicted. It’s impossible to consider every word before it comes out. Kids develop rapidly; what was reasonable two weeks ago may no longer apply. Parents work long hours and don’t want to be a hardass with their limited play time. Technology further exacerbates distractions. And finally, in exchange for being less of a “Because I said so” parent, there’s more discussion and less certainty of who’s actually in charge, says Dr....

RELATED: The 7 Worst Birthday Party Venues on the Planet 1. Focus on your kid’s personality. You’re shooting for stoked kids here, not dazzling the PTA constituency. “If they love to work with their hands, choose a paint-and-sip venue or a ceramics class. If your child loves singing, consider a karaoke venue that will open a private room during business hours,” says Robin Oloyede, CMP, co-owner PLUSH Events and Design....

“Many kids have needle phobia and just thinking about the shot makes them so anxious it is incredibly difficult to get them to relax for an exam,” Don Shifrin, clinical professor pediatrics at the University of Washington and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells Fatherly. In his 39 years of clinical practice, Shifrin has seen plenty of kids run out of the room. Both children and adults are plagued with needle fears, which have more than tripled in recent years, research shows....

In order to keep in-law issues from overtaking your marriage, it’s important to learn assertiveness and establish boundaries. “Once you learn these skills, you can start noticing if — and when — your in-laws cross your boundaries,” says Monica White, a licensed mental health counselor. “Noticing the pattern is the first step. Figuring out what works for you is the second step.” Now, it’s easy to worry about boundary establishment for fear of appearing cold-hearted or “mean” to your in-laws....

“In my experience, it’s always best to stick to a routine as best as you can,” explains professional nanny and Editor-in-Chief of Nanny Magazine Amanda Dunyak. “Children don’t have a concept of time, so alerting them to transitions by giving them a visual or auditory cue, such as a timer, has been known to help immensely.” Dunyak is particularly fond of using picture schedules that help children visually understand the flow of activities....

A gameplay trailer shows T-800 looking like an aged Schwarzenegger wearing jeans and a leather jacket—classic badass outfit. He walks into some kind of military base, making a promise to his soon-to-be opponent: “You will be terminated.” Hell, yeah. What follows is gameplay that looks pretty much like the Mortal Kombat games you played as a kid with heavily upgraded (read: gorier) graphics. Case in point: a gunshot from the Terminator reveals the stomach and intestines of his opponent, who somehow lives to fight another day....