Who are you and why are you wearing my father's face? That's what this little tot may well be thinking. The confusion and mistrust is palpable in her expression when, already in her father's arms, she lays eyes on his twin brother for the very first time.
According to an article in TIME, that magic, double take moment was captured on camera, and has gone viral in a heartbeat.
My best friend in junior high was an identical twin. People struggled to tell her apart from her sister all the time, but for some reason I never did. Maybe it had to do with their personalities being so distinct, then and now.
Calling all twins out there: Do you like to play around with identity mixups, or is it strictly annoying to be mistaken for your other half?
This story is testament to just how eerily strong the twin connection can be, even into adulthood.
Ever heard of Doyin Richards? A while back a photo of the blogger simultaneously caring for his two little girls was splashed around social media sites. A man multitasking. Yes, it happens—yet the internet went berserk.
According to an article in Gawker, 39-year-old Richards, who took a month's paternity leave to care for his girls, wanted to prove to his wife that he could do their three-year-old daughter's hair while simultaneously wearing their baby in a BabyBjörn carrier.
The image originally appeared on his blog, Daddy Doin' Work: Adventures of a First-Time Father Raising His Daughters, and later went viral. That's when the dissenters came out of the woodwork.
Cue the ignoramuses questioning Richard's paternity (his wife Mariko is part white, party Japanese), and perpetuating a whole load of BS racial stereotypes in the process:
"He probably rented those kids," said a commenter. "They don't even look like him."
"OK buddy, cute picture," said another. "Now why don't you hand the children back to their mom so you can go back to selling drugs or your bootleg rap CDs?"
And "So do you do this for all of your illegitimate kids?"
Ouch. But to his credit, Richards responded with incredible finesse.
"Why don't you put big boy shorts on and get in on the revolution of good fathers?" he wrote. "It's not a good look to tear down dads for doing the work your wives wished you were man enough to do on your own. If you don't believe me, just ask your spouses. They'll tell you. But don't worry. I'll still be here whenever you're ready to step your game up and join #TeamGrownAssMan."
Here at YMC, we're breaking out the cheerleading outfits. Check out the clip below, in which guys dish on what it's really like to be a modern dad. Go Team!
It may seem like common sense, yet in an establishment like the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is making history. According to an article in Yahoo, the Pope baptized 32 babies in the Sistine Chapel this past weekend.
The ceremony solidified the Pope's reputation as more forward thinking than many of his predecessors. It's true that he is less of a stickler for formalities, as one of the mother's whose baby was christened had not been married in the Church. He apparently did not want to make children raised in "irregular situations feel like second-class faithful."
Sounds like small potatoes perhaps but around Vatican parts, that's a pretty big deal. A much bigger deal than, say, joining social media.
Perhaps more surprisingly was his open-minded approach to public breastfeeding, as he encouraged mothers present to nurse right there under Michelangelo's frescoes.
"If they are hungry, mothers, feed them, without thinking twice. Because they are the most important people here," Pope Francis said during his address. It's not the first time he has shown a permissive attitude toward public breastfeeding.
Pope Francis has been also known to take more modest accommodation, opting to live in a small apartment instead of the customary Apostolic Palace, which is reserved for special appearances, and renounced the papal limo to cruise around Rome in a Ford Focus.
I like him more already.
What do you think of Pope Francis? Do you have faith that he can bring real change and modern values to the Catholic Church?
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