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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jenna Bush Hager under fire for 'body shaming' man in Speedos
Jenna Bush Hager has been called out after she seemingly body shamed a dad during a segment on the Today show. The 43-year-old mom-of-three had been hosting an episode of Jenna and Friends last week alongside Dwyane Wade when the pair gave their verdict on men wearing Speedos. The topic, which was discussed in the show's Internet's Divided segment, was thrust into the spotlight after New York City dad Tyler Moore went viral for wanting to normalize dads wearing the swim shorts. During the segment, Jenna voiced her distain for the swimwear. 'If my husband brought out a Speedo, I'd be shocked,' she said. 'And by the way, a man thigh?' Dwyane then quipped: 'Yeah, a hairy man thigh, nobody wants to see that.' Before the segment moved on, a photo of Tyler and his children popped up on screen which led to Jenna commenting: 'And I would just say, not every dad looks like that model dad that we just put on TV.' Following the episode, Tyler has now hit out at the remarks and said that it was 'surreal' to have his 'body publicly discussed and shamed on national television.' She had been giving her verdict on dads wearing Speedos when she past comment on New York City dad Tyler Moore Taking to threads, he wrote: 'Last week, my decision to wear a Speedo while lap swimming and open water swimming was discussed on The Today Show. 'During the segment, Jenna Bush Hager commented, "No one wants to see hairy man thighs," and followed up by saying, "Not every dad looks like that model dad," referring to a photo of me in the suit. 'It's a surreal experience to have your body publicly discussed and shamed on national television.' Tyler's comments were part of a larger post about body shaming, in which he urged the media and others to stop commenting on women's bodies. 'Seeing women tearing other women down over gaining or losing weight is insane to me,' he wrote. 'Seeing men even having an opinion on this is even more insane to me. 'Is being taught if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all a thing of the past? SMH. 'Nobody wants to hear your thoughts on their body, so let's please try to make this world a *sliver* of a better place by not tearing down someone you may or may not know.' Responding to Jenna's comments, Tyler said it was 'surreal' to have his body 'publicly discussed and shamed on television' Tyler's followers were sympathetic to his ordeal and expressed their sorrow. Taking to the comments, one said: 'That is horrible! They should be ashamed of that. We know better these days!' 'Whoa!!! That's super uncool!!! I'm sorry that happened,' another wrote. A third continued: 'Okay boys. You know your mission. Start flooding Jenna Bush Hager's social media with pics of hairy man thighs.'
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dad Admits He's Envious of Other Parents Who Are ‘Effortlessly Social' at School Drop-Off
Even as parents, navigating social pressures with our individual personalities can be exhausting. We've all done some form of the "parent salute"–whether it's exchanging a smile with another parent as your kids play together on the playground, a look of exasperation while attending a chaotic event, or a nervous laugh as you rush past each other on your way somewhere. These are all low-lift gestures of acknowledgement and solidarity. But what about actually being social with other parents? That's a totally different skill that can feel like it's gifted to only a select number of us. Though struggling with being sociable may not be a huge deal day-to-day, it can still weigh on some parents' minds. One dad recently opened the discussion on Reddit, after noticing how "effortlessly social" some parents seemed to be at his kid's preschool drop-off. The Pre-Socially Awkward Drop-Off "Am i just socially stunted or what?", asks Reddit user casedawgz when describing a scene that many parents have found themselves in. He shares in the r/daddit subreddit that while dropping his daughter off at school, he noticed another dad there who came across as really personable with everyone, greeting the kids by name and mingling with other parents. He writes that everyone seemed to know this dad and love him. After describing his own routine of politely saying "hi" to teachers and giving his daughter a hug and an "I love you" before promptly leaving, OP writes, "I've always been sort of socially awkward I guess." He goes on to describe how he basically has four friends who he doesn't see that much, and how he's envious of people's ability to "effortlessly" connect with others. "I assume they're also going to raise more socially connected kids, which makes me question my own parenting because I don't really want my daughter to be like me in terms of her social life," he writes. There's a PTA (Parent Talkers Advice) Meeting in the Comments The Reddit thread has collected north of 250 comments at this point. Respondents range from those who are in the deep end of the socially awkward pool along with this dad, those who feel they've made some progress, and others who've accepted that socializing just isn't their thing. One commenter writes, "me too! everyone seems to be in a rush and i'm having trouble setting up playdates. My kid wants them as do others. Feel like I'm dating or something :\" "The children. You start saying hi to the children and casually talking about them," writes another commenter. "It's the one thing you all have in common and most people are okay with other parents talking to their children if it is to say hi or encourage them." Another parent advises taking some of the pressure off by putting most of the effort onto the so-called "effortless": "Be curious and ask questions. Let them do the talking till you're comfortable. Those effortless socializers will do the heavy lifting for you oftentimes and you'll be feeling better in no time." "Ah, you've met RizzDad," says someone else. "A lot of it is truly just personality. But even people who are not outgoing or social can learn to be that way even if for short periods of time. I think the best thing you can do for your kid is continue to put them in plenty of social situations." One experienced parent offered this perspective that seems to be getting a lot of support from others: "I will say that daycare drop-off is a bad time to try to socialize with people you don't really know well yet, since everyone is just preoccupied and has other stuff to do. But after a few months of going to the same daycare, and after a few birthday parties, my wife and I found out pretty quickly what's the overlap between the subset of parents who seem kindred to us, and the subset of kids your kid wants to have a playdate with. That's the sweet spot right there." Don't Give Yourself an Early Failing Grade I can definitely relate to the OP dad here. Being sociable is hard, no matter your age. And it's even harder when you mix it with comparison. It's certainly something I've had to work on to appear as natural as others in some settings. With that said, there are a lot of layers to this that are often trivialized or made to sound like they can be outgrown. The truth is, social pressure is real, and a lot of it has no regard for the nuances of personality types. I can't speak with expertise about the conflation of having introverted traits and social anxiety, but I do know a lot of us who have it are often made to feel bad about it. Being described as "outgoing" carries a positive connotation, while being described as "shy" does not. And those ideas can be internalized at an early age. I'd caution us as parents to avoid giving ourselves an "F" in sociability when comparing ourselves to others. It might seem effortless for some, but we don't know what strengths they have and what they're still working on. Let's focus on providing our kids with the interpersonal tools they need while giving space for them to grow into their own personalities. And if giving the "parent salute" is enough to get you through the day, that's perfectly fine. Read the original article on Parents Solve the daily Crossword
Fast Company
14-07-2025
- General
- Fast Company
How working parents can balance ambition and guilt
A few years ago, I met a woman at a networking event who whispered her confession over a plastic cup of chardonnay: 'I love my job. I'm proud of what I've built. But every time I miss a school play or forget to sign a field trip form, I feel like I failed them.' She didn't say who 'them' referred to. Perhaps her kids, society, herself. Maybe all three. That moment stuck with me because it symbolized the tension so many ambitious parents live with every day: The drive to achieve versus the guilt that comes from not always being present for our family. And let's be clear, this isn't just a working mom issue. Dads feel it. Stay-at-home parents with side hustles or passion projects feel it. Anyone who wants something outside of parenthood—whether it's a promotion, a creative dream, or even just a regular workout routine—knows that familiar battle between showing up for yourself and showing up for your kids. Where does the guilt come from? Let's start with the root of this guilt. For many of us, especially women, ambition and parenting, have long been thought of as rival (if not warring) priorities. A parent who is all-in at work is assumed to be checked out at home. The culture tells us you can't be fully present in both places. And if you try, be prepared to be stretched thinner than a toddler's patience in a long checkout line. Social media certainly doesn't help. While we're eating chips over our laptops, we scroll past moms packing bento box lunches with star-shaped cucumbers and love notes. We see dads coaching every Saturday soccer game while we're FaceTiming from a hotel room on yet another work trip. The comparison game is brutal. Yet, guilt doesn't only come from comparing ourselves to the parents who treat lunch prep like a Top Chef challenge. It hits because we care. Ambitious parents aren't just chasing promotions, we're also chasing snuggles, bedtime stories, and the sense that we're nailing this whole 'being a present parent' thing. So if we fall short, it feels like a dagger to the heart. Is it possible to be ambitious and a great parent? The short answer is yes. But not without first redefining what 'great' really looks like. Being a good parent isn't about being there for every single moment. It's about being there for the ones that matter most. You can miss the bake sale and still raise a kid that feels cared for and secure. What children need more than perfection is a realistic role model. They need to see what it looks like to pursue a dream, have challenges, set boundaries, and show up for the people you love. When it's rooted in purpose, ambition teaches kids resilience, how to manage their time and what it looks like to care deeply about something. That doesn't mean we should be so focused on the next achievement that we miss what's happening right in front of us. The key is staying in sync—pursuing your goals without neglecting your child's needs . . . or your own.
Washington Post
28-06-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Majority of working dads in study took under 2 weeks' family leave
Research points to paternal leave as good for both dads and babies — yet just 36 percent of fathers reported taking more than two weeks of leave when their child was born, and 64 percent said they took two weeks or less, according to a new analysis. Published in Pediatrics, the study is part of a first-of-its kind initiative that measured fathers' behavior and health in the months before and after their children's birth.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
12 Fathers Day Movies About Dads Saving Daughters
Happy Father's Day! In honor of dads, here are 12 movies about dads rescuing daughters in distress. Dads saving daughters is maybe the most enduring trope in action movies, and it's easy to see why: There's no more primal motivation than protecting your children. But these movies are also fascinating for the way they get into generational differences, societal criticism, and middle-aged men's anxieties about a changing world that may seem to be leaving them behind. They're all wish-fulfillment fantasies, on some level. Here are 12 action movies about dads saving daughters. There's a lot going on in Lone Wolf McQuade, in which Chuck Norris plays an ex-military Texas Ranger who now lives in isolation with a wolf. But he soon runs up against a criminal gang led by the evil Wilkes (David Carradine). There's lots of conflict beforehand, but things really pick up when Wilkes kidnaps McQuade's daughter Sally (Dana Kimmell) and takes her to Mexico. This leads to a martial arts fight between McQuaid and Wilkes that was kind of a huge deal in 1983 — Chuck Norris versus the star of Kung Fu??? Wilkes almost wins, while wearing a very preppie sweater, no less. But then he very stupidly strikes Sally, inadvertently unleashing McQuade's dads-saving-daughters powers. Kind of an amped-up, more streamlined, much funnier Lone Wolf McQuade, Commando was another of the first films to realize that a simple retired military dad with a tough abducted daughter make for a perfect setup for a manly-man action movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger rattles off a series of deadly one-liners as John Matrix, the best-named movie hero ever. Young Alyssa Milano is terrific as Jenny Matrix, and Rae Dawn Chong is also great as one of the all-time great can-do-anything action movie sidekicks. At just 90 minutes, Commando is one of the best-plotted, fastest-moving films in the daughters in distress genre. So why not do it again? Schwarzenegger teamed up with Jamie Lee Curtis for this James Cameron epic that is mostly about the deception-filled marriage of Harry and Helen Trasker (Schwarzenegger and Curtis), but culminates, of course, in the abduction of their daughter, Dana (Eliza Dushku.) It has one of the most spectacular final face-offs in the history of dads-saving-daughters movies, involving Dana, a skyscraper, a jet and a helicopter. Speaking of planes: Air Force One stars Harrison Ford as regular-guy president James Marshall, president whose plane is hijacked by terrorists, led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman). That's bad enough, but then Ivan holds a gun to the First Daughter's head, triggering those dad saving daughters powers we told you about earlier, and fights back, uttering the most famous line in the film, "Get of my plane." We wish the special effects were a little better at the end of the plane, but we're mostly just on board for President Ford. The fourth Die Hard film raises the stakes from the previous three by having the estranged daughter of John McClane (Bruce Willis) get abducted by cyberterrorists. She's Lucy Gennero-McClane (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and if you've seen a Die Hard movie you know that a woman not embracing McClane's surname as her own is shorthand for him feeling inadequate as a man. But things work out OK. The next Die Hard movie paired up John McClane with his son, but that's another gallery for another day. To die hard. The gold standard of dads saving daughters movies, Taken stars Liam Neeson as Brian Mills, a dad who has to rely on his "very particular set of skills" to save his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) from being auctioned off by absolutely horrible people to other absolutely horrible people. Taken, more than any other film on this list, plays out like a very effective divorced dad fantasy: When his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) marries someone who is ostensibly a better provider, Brian proves his worth by doing what the new husband can't. Mills is always civil to Lenore's new husband Stuart (Xander Berkeley), but by Taken 2, the marriage is collapsing — and we can only assume the new husband turned into a jerk because he couldn't handle the assault on his manhood of being totally shown up by his wife's ex. The best thing about Taken is how well it establishes the emotional dynamic between the family before plunging into some thrilling action sequences, played out over a tight 90 minutes. Bryan is the best of all dads saving daughters, so good he inspired two sequels. Taken 2 ups the ante: This time mom and dad get taken, and Kim has to help them, using some incredibly cool techniques involving triangulation and grenades. But, this being a dads saving daughters movie, Kim eventually needs rescuing, courtesy of her pop. Still, this might be our favorite Taken movie because of the cool twists on the dads saving daughters genre and the inventiveness of the script and action scenes. There's not as much taking in this Taken, but it nonetheless fulfills some angry divorced dad fantasies: mom's new husband Stuart (played in this one by Dougray Scott, replacing Xander Berkeley) turns out to be an absolutely horrible person, and only Brian Mills can stop him. This one breaks new ground in the dads saving daughters genre, because Brian has to save not only Kim but her unborn baby. One thing we love about this film is that it spawned the one-liner, Taken 3 makes Taken 2 look like Taken. When his daughter (Ilah Davis) disappears into the adult film industry, Ohio prude Jake VanDorn (George C. Scott) must infiltrate the unseemly business and even impersonate a sleaze himself in order to find out what extremely upsetting stuff his daughter has gotten into. He works alongside industry insider Niki (Season Hubley, great) and becomes something of a father figure to her, too. Written and directed by the great Paul Schrader, the film is a fascinating look at how the industry worked around the time of its release, even though Jake's transformation isn't totally convincing. He also gets in a fight with a much younger, more street-savvy young man at the end, and that doesn't totally make sense, but this is still an oft-imitated touchstone in the dads saving daughters in distress genre. It also benefitted from one of the most ruthless ad campaigns in movie history: An ad that just shared Jake's exclamation upon seeing his daughter on-screen: "Oh my God, that's my daughter." Another classic dads saving daughters in distress setup: Macho L.A. helicopter pilot Ray Gaines (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is estranged from his wife Emma (Carla Gugino) because he's too cool, or something. But then an earthquake traps their daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) with mom's new boyfriend, Daniel. Because this is a dads saving daughters movie, mom's new boyfriend is of course not up to the task of protecting Blake, because that's dad's job. Would you believe that by the end of the movie, Ray and Emma are reconsidering their future? You might expect Stillwater to be a lot like Taken: Matt Damon, Jason Bourne himself, lets loose in France trying to save his wrongfully convicted daughter? Sign us up. But it turns out to be something more complex, and interesting than the typical dads saving daughters routine. Damon's Oklahoma roughneck Bill Baker starts out deeply suspicious of the French, and assumes his daughter (Abigail Breslin) has been railroaded into a cell. But he has to solve the problem with his brains and empathy, not brawn. Some dad-on-the-warpath movies are really just excuses for a middle-aged "regular guy" to fight a world that's gotten too permissive for his tastes. But Stillwater isn't. This is another of those (sighs, rolls eyes) thoughtful movies that asks dads to consider the ethical and moral ramifications (barf) of rushing to judgment instead of just beating people up. Hugh Jackman plays Keller Dover, a man who goes on the warpath when his daughter is kidnapped. (Terrence Howard plays another dad who goes down the path reluctantly.) When their daughters are kidnapped, they kidnap a suspect — played by Paul Dano — and go medieval on him. As you've probably intuited, Prisoners is filled with twists. Mel Gibson plays John Link, an ex-con and recovering alcoholic who is now a tattoo artist. When his estranged daughter Lydia (future The Boys star Erin Moriarty) gets in trouble with her ex-boyfriend's criminal gang, John learns that she's become addicted to drugs and tries to help her recover. Lydia ends up abducted, and her dad is able to save the missing link — which is also the name of his business: Missing Link tattoo. But father and daughter are also able to recover the missing link in their relationship. It works on so many levels. Something we like about this movie is the dad using his wisdom to help his daughter in her recovery from addiction. Sometimes loving and supportive dads are even more helpful than dads saving daughters by beating people up. We're betting you might also like this list of the 15 Most Beautiful Movie Cars. Main image: Commando. Warner Bros. 20th Century Fox. Related Headlines 12 Sleazy '70s Movies That Don't Care About Your Respect Ari Aster and John Waters on the Art of Not Compromising 12 Shameful Movies That Glamorize the Devil
