Everyone knows my dad as a strong guy. What I remember most from those early years is thinking that my father worked a lot. He couldn’t cook pizza with me, my sister and my younger brother or just spend time hanging out. He was constantly on set. The good news was that, a lot of times, we traveled across the country and across the globe to be with him. Many of my earliest memories from were the months we spent in Rome while he was filming Sinbad....

WalletHub wanted to determine which states were the best to have a baby in and which were the worst. So, using data, WalletHub compared 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 32 key indicators and ranked the states from best to worst to have a baby in. “Expenses can vary significantly, considering the wide disparities in the cost of living. They can also differ from one pregnancy to another, given that some women experience delivery complications,” the site explains....

I do this sometimes. Call it play therapy. Maybe twice a month, at most, I fence off a few hours I can devote to my kids and then head upstairs to the master bathroom where I take a single hit of marijuana, before descending the stairs to the playroom. I then turn off whatever dumb show my kids might be watching and follow them into the imaginative land of their choosing....

On Nov. 25, Obama shared a photo to her Instagram grid featuring four “photo booth” style pictures of herself and Barack. In the caption, she got honest about the struggles of marriage while offering advice to young people about navigating long-term relationships. “As an adult, I’ve lived in a number of places, but as far as I’m concerned, I’ve only ever had one real home,” she begins. “My home is my family....

“The theme was inspired by my mom, Lorenzo’s grammy, saying that I had to do something Italian as an ode to his name,” Giannandrea, a Baltimore-based photographer who runs Dani Leigh Photography, told POPSUGAR. “I had originally just thought about using pizza-shaped plates and just doing that in a pizza box every month but then I figured if we were going to do this, we may as well do it right and get dinner out of it once a month,” she said, joking, “Anything to make mommin’ easier....

“Our study provides unique and novel evidence for causal links between the number of natural children and missing teeth,” according to the study. But dad’s teeth remained firmly in gums, no matter the number of kids. “An additional birth might be detrimental to the mother’s but not the father’s oral health.” The purported link between having kids and gumming your pudding is not exactly new. Nearly 20 percent of women believed they would lose a tooth after each pregnancy, according to one study....

Well, friends, need is a strong word. But in this, the season when everything is better outdoors, a projector provides the key to the ultimate outdoor movie night. And projectors are no longer the exercises in excess they once were. Pictures are sharper, and the tech is far less bulky. In fact, you can snag a fantastic one for the same cost as a fancy Bluetooth speaker. And, much that modern boombox, it’s well worth the cost....

Nelson Mandela, Ndaba recalls, was a patient but strict guardian who expected a lot. Ndaba also recalls his grandfather, perhaps shockingly, as a goofy presence. The man loved to dance and talk about boxing. He liked jokes. When Nelson Mandela died in 2013, the world mourned. Ndaba still does. That’s why he wrote his first book, Going to The Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela. He wanted to share with others the wisdom he had gained from hours spent in the presence of a great man....

And while Kawhi’s penchant for saying “Board man gets paid” when grabbing a rebound is about as cool as the average dad’s trash talk in a pickup game at the Y, he’s still an NBA superstar, and NBA superstars are by definition cool dudes. The new commercial he shot for New Balance in his hometown (and new professional home) of Los Angeles? Also cool, both in spite of and because it’s inflected with Kawhi’s trademark eccentricity....

Nike unveiled the Go FlyEase yesterday, announcing that the innovative sneakers will be available for $120 in limited quantities starting on February 15 followed by a gradual rolled out this year. The Go FlyEase will be a welcome product for anyone who gets frustrated with having to tie and untie their shoes each time, but the laceless sneaker that can be taken on and off without having to lean down is expected to be especially useful to people with disabilities who often are unable to wear Nike or other athletic shoe brands because of the difficulty with lacing and putting the shoes on....

“The Dad Special” is a celebration of food, family, and fathers who cook. Featuring chefs, celebrities, and kitchen crazy dads, this collection highlights meals — from family secrets to quick kid delights — meant to honor time spent at the table. Sanchez is often the special-occasion dessert maker in his household. But he says that he’s more regularly the “breakfast and lunch” dad, known for “pancakes in the morning and my pasta dishes during lunch....

Before you get too excited, know this: The beer being touted as the new recovery drink is not your classic Budweiser, Heineken, or even Montauk Wave Chaser IPA. For starters, it’s non-alcoholic. That may sound like an oxymoron — wine without fermentation, after all, is just grape juice. But we’re betting that there are a fair number of you who have come to the realization, as you get older, that you really like the taste of beer....

It also represents a collective loss of creativity. Researchers have shown how creative thinking can be cultivated by simple habits like exercise, sleep and reading. But another catalyst is unplanned interactions with close friends, casual acquaintances and complete strangers. With the closure of coffee shops – not to mention places like bars, libraries, gyms and museums – these opportunities vanish. Of course, not all chance meetings result in brilliant ideas....

The meme in question is a multi-panel comic by Russian artist 3palec. The first five panels show a man in a tracksuit receiving a medal, biting it (as Olympians often do), kissing the blonde woman who put it around his neck, yelling and giving the middle finger, and popping a bottle of champagne, heavily implying that he’s won the competition. In the sixth panel comes the payoff: our somewhat unkempt hero is standing at the third-place position on the podium while the silver and gold medalists look at him blasting himself in the face with champagne....

In one study from the University of Auckland, families with fathers who attended a parenting class proved less likely to report behavior issues and displayed an increase in positive parenting practices. Even if you feel prepared, attending a parenting class could have the ancillary benefits of your partner being more confident in your skills as a parent — something that will go along way in the early, anxious months of new parenthood — and also give you said confidence to be the best dad you can be....

But while the casual Oreo O’s fans might think this is their first chance to scarf down their “favorite” early 2000s cereal, true cereal connoisseurs know that Oreo O’s never really went away. The cereal may have been discontinued in America, but it lived on in South Korea. And thanks to the Internet, anyone could buy boxes online … for the low, low price of approximately $200. How do I know this?...

According to Daniel Richtman, there is a sequel to The Batman, which will feature Robert Pattinson as the dark knight, in development and Mr. Freeze is expected to be the villain (Richtman apparently said the villain reveal will be teased in The Batman). And that’s not all, as he also claims that there is a solo Riddler (who will be played by Paul Dano) project in the works. None of this has been confirmed so for now it’s just rumors, though it would coincide with another unconfirmed rumor that Pattinson could be appearing as Bruce Wayne in the wider Batman Cinematic Universe, including Zoë Kravitz’s potential Catwoman solo film....

December Babies Are More Likely to Live to 100 People born in December are significantly more likely to live up to age 105 compare to those born in the summer, according to a study of centenarians. The research compared the birth months of 1,574 people who lived past 100, to that of 10,885 shorter-lived siblings and 1,083 spouses, and found that what December birthdays lack in quality, they make up for in quantity....

The first fresh episode, “Second Time Around,” will run an hour, and it follows Tommy as he leads the babies on a daring adventure to help Chuckie after his big attempt to be brave goes horribly wrong. And hold onto your bottles…. dinosaurs are involved. “Second Time Around” will kick off Rugrats’ first set of episodes, with the streamer’s plans for the rollout of additional episodes to be revealed in the near future....

We spoke to Dr. Rapley about why sex addiction is such a contested issue, what different psychologists think about porn addiction, how she helps her patients, and why, above all, we should remember that sex is normal. There seems to have been some debate about this, so let’s get it out of the way: is porn addiction real? There are two minds about sex and porn addiction. There’s the AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counsellors, and Therapists) method....