Viral Video Toddler Steals Cupcakes And Tries To Hide The Evidence

In an adorable viral TikTok, 2-year-old TJ was caught sticky-handed while lying to try and save himself from trouble. In the viral video, TJ’s dad confronted the little boy after finding some missing frosting on the cupcakes that were in the kitchen. “Who did this, TJ?” the dad asks the toddler while holding a package of cupcakes. At least two of the dessert treats had all their frosting swiped off....

November 28, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Mandy Bondurant

Watch Hilarious New Robot Otto From Sponge On The Run

Formerly, Paramount+ was known as “CBS All Access,” but as of March 4, those days are over! Here’s what you need to know about getting Paramount+ (and to check if you already have it.) In the meantime, Fatherly is happy to present this exclusive clip from SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run. In it, we’re introduced to a DIY robot restaurant owner named Otto. Let’s just say he’s not the greatest or most helpful robot you’ve ever met....

November 28, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Clarence Allison

We Stayed Together For The Kids It Works For Us

Divorce isn’t always the answer, though. Some couples have found ways to live together as a family for the kids’ sake, while not being together as a couple. They act as co-parents but otherwise go about their lives separately. Will it work for everybody? God, no. But some couples make it work. Melanie Crawford and her husband, Warren, separated several years ago but still live together and parent their three kids....

November 28, 2022 · 10 min · 1982 words · Kathy Bledsoe

Weed Withdrawal And What Really Happens When You Stop Smoking Pot

But when you quit pot? The end result has similar benefits for concentration and sleep especially. If you’re a fairly heavy user, you’ll likely find that work is easier and the life is actually less stressful. But it will take some time to get there. The journey to abstaining from pot is less linear, and so staying away from pot, with no relapses, might be a bit more difficult than alcohol — especially if you’ve developed a dependency....

November 28, 2022 · 8 min · 1648 words · Doyle Wright

Weekly Chore Chart Parenting Is Super Difficult In Practice

I was asking our sons aged 5 and 7-years-old what it was they’d like to do for chores over the next few days. I was asking this in the hope that this would make them feel like they had agency and incentivize them to engage with the new weekly chore chart I was putting together. What I should have assumed is that my wife already had an idea for the chore chart dreamed up....

November 28, 2022 · 5 min · 1043 words · Pauline Nation

What Couples Who Make It Through Tough Times All Have In Common

“We’re living through an unprecedented time, so there’s little pandemic-related data that speaks to that per se,” says Ethan Kross, Ph.D., professor and founder of the Emotion & Self-Control Lab at the University of Michigan and author of Chatter: The Voices in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. “But we can make best guesses based on what research has shown about what tends to help couples thrive....

November 28, 2022 · 9 min · 1889 words · Susan Bell

What Foster Parents Can Teach Us About Getting Paid To Parent

In Denise White’s capacity as a professional foster parent working with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division, she is tasked with providing a home for girls between the ages of 13 and 17 who have experienced hardships. These are chronic runaways, children that have experienced violence, and children who have had problems at school. Adversity is a given. Denise is a stay at home mom by profession, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week....

November 28, 2022 · 6 min · 1255 words · Loren Berger

What Happens When Your Birth Plan Fails

RELATED: How to Build a Birth Plan The two most common occurrences in childbirth that derail a couple’s original plan are needing to induce labor and switching gears from a vaginal delivery to a cesarean delivery. Godwin, who runs the site Labor Mom & Beyond, says that most women (and men) have the idea that a woman’s body is just going to go into labor naturally. That’s not always the case, especially for brand new parents....

November 28, 2022 · 3 min · 633 words · Cecil Washington

What Is Neurodiversity A Close Look At Neurodivergent Strengths

Judy Singer, an autistic sociologist, coined the term ‘neurodiversity’ in the late 1990s. She used it to frame brain differences, such as those found in autistic people, as something to be embraced as part of natural human diversity rather than something to be cured. From this viewpoint, people who are neurodivergent — those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and other developmental disorders — are a valuable part of society, and they should be recognized as such....

November 28, 2022 · 3 min · 494 words · Arthur Dematteo

What Men Want In Bed 8 Surprising Insights From Sex Research

A lot of 20th-century studies of men’s sexual health focused on their propensity for sexual violence (like this 1991 study that followed the arousal patterns of 60 college-aged men), what kind of men pay for sex (see this 2004 Australian study), and what causes their erectile dysfunction (an ongoing inquiry that has been fascinating scholars since 1668). Studies in the last few decades, however, show that men in general care greatly about their partner’s pleasure and have much deeper emotional needs than was acknowledged in the past....

November 28, 2022 · 11 min · 2320 words · James Coleman

What Neuroscientists Now Know About Autism

There’s a reason most of us don’t recall growing up with as many autistic kids as there are now: Many more children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder today than ever before. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, autism now affects 1 in 59 children, compared to 1 in 88 kids in 2008 and 1 in 150 children in 2000. Part of this astonishing increase is due to heightened awareness of the disorder and more accurate diagnoses....

November 28, 2022 · 7 min · 1346 words · Dennis Cato

What Serving Two Tours In Iraq Taught Me About Being Present For My Family

Fatherly spoke to a variety of military dads about their service, their families, and how they managed to balance the two. Here, Army First Lieutenant Jeremy Boeh, a father of three, explains the difficulty of serving when you have young children, missing first moments when thousands of miles away, and how he deals with the guilt. — I deployed for 15 months in 2007 to 2009 and came back for about six months before deploying again....

November 28, 2022 · 5 min · 983 words · Maryetta Goodell

What Swedish Dads And Nordic Dads Have That We Don T

Conducted by Promundo, the “State of Nordic Fathers” report is based on a survey of 7515 people, evenly distributed between Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and Norway. It was done in partnership with Promundo’s 2019 “State of the World’s Fathers”, a massive report on fathers from 40 countries about fatherhood, gender identity, and paternity leave, and contains responses from more than 3,099 fathers and 1,646 mothers. The aim of the survey was to compare the attitudes and opinions of parents who took different lengths of leave....

November 28, 2022 · 4 min · 738 words · Larry Cox

When Is A Kid Ready To Play Outside Alone Unsupervised

The reality, thankfully, is much less alarming. America has the lowest crime rate in decades — less than half of what it was in 1991 — and many current parents rode their bikes alone around their neighborhoods in the 1990s without the safety net of cellphones or GPS tracking devices. Parents need to recognize that—despite what our news feeds might indicate— children today are less likely to fall victim to some terrible act or accident than kids were a generation ago....

November 28, 2022 · 5 min · 887 words · Paula Trent

Why Dads Gain Pregnancy Sympathy Weight And How To Prevent It

Eating outside the home with pregnant partners more often. (Because it’s not like you’re going to say no to her Buffalo Wild Wings cravings. Or her Cheesecake Factory cravings. Or her Dairy Queen cravings. Or…)The explosion of new snack options in the house. (Because you need the ingredients for that peanut-butter-pickle-Dorito-sandwich around if you’re going to make them on demand.)An overwhelming desire to make their partners feel better about their own weight gain....

November 28, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Dianne Hughes

Why Do Guys Like Being Called Daddy During Sex

Although it’s unclear just when “daddy” found its way into the sexual lexicon, it’s been a fetish for a lot longer than one might assume. “It’s definitely not a new thing,” says Dulcinea Pitagora, a sex therapist and co-founder of the AltSexNYC Conference. “I would say it’s been going on for multiple decades.” Some say the use of daddy during sex goes even further back than that. According to one report, slang use of the word “daddy” dates back to 1681, when prostitutes began adopting the term as a way to refer to their pimps....

November 28, 2022 · 4 min · 774 words · Walter Gerardi

Why Fathers Shouldn T Call Daughters Daddy S Little Princess

Although much has been made in the way of social critiques that highlight the term and its problems, these critiques are not often met with rigorous scientific studies. After all, it’s hard to quantify whether or not these terms and toys actually do harm to kids, and if so, the extent to which they do. There have been few longitudinal studies that link kids choices with the language their parents use and their outcomes later on in life....

November 28, 2022 · 4 min · 832 words · Katheryn Emery

Will Ferrell Is Finally Fixing The One Thing Missing From Christmas Carol Movies

And of course, our favorite Christmas movie actor, Will Ferrell, is fixing the one thing missing from most Christmas Carol adaptations: Don’t focus on Scrooge so much! On Wednesday, October 12, Apple TV+ released the first trailer for the upcoming holiday movie Spirited. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, and it’s a modern twist to the classic story of Scrooge being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future....

November 28, 2022 · 2 min · 279 words · Louis Arnold

Euphoria Hbo Finale The Cultural Reckoning Of American Beauty

Unlike Angela Hayes, the zeitgeist has girls like Cassie, Kat, Maddy, and Jules on Euphoria. Now, that the show has completed its first season, we can see it for what it is: an edgy and provocative teen drama that feels part-music video, part-Greg Araki film. It’s dark and satirical, but unlike its equally visually stunning predecessor — American Beauty — Euphoria is more concerned with deconstructing the male gaze than bizarrely pandering to it....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 693 words · Marion Thomas

Freeze A Bubble Is A Fun Cold Weather Activity That Teaches Science

Prep Time: About 10 minutes. Entertainment Time: Indoors, 10 minutes. Outdoors, 10-30 minutes.Energy Expended by Child: Indoors, minimal. Outdoors, plenty. What You Need: A freezer or cold weatherA baking sheetBubbles; extra bubble solutionAn area largely shielded from wind How to Play: To freeze a bubble indoors, start by putting a metal baking sheet in the freezer for five to ten minutes. While you wait, ask your kids how they think bubbles work....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 514 words · Marquerite Sluss