Month: March 2024

Young kids don’t always pick the best times to have emotional meltdowns.

Just ask any parent.

Grocery stores, malls, and restaurants (or any place with lots of people around) in particular seem to bring out the worst in our little ones, prompting explosive tantrums that can make even the most stoic parent turn red-faced with embarrassment.

But why be embarrassed? It’s just kids being kids, after all.

Actor Justin Baldoni recently shared a poignant photo with his own daughter and the big lesson he learned from his dad about such moments.

Baldoni, best known for his role on the show “Jane the Virgin,” shared a photo his wife, Emily, took while the family was shopping at the local Whole Foods.

In it, Baldoni, along with his father, stares down at his daughter, Maiya. She’s crying and/or wailing on the floor. Who knows about what. Her body is twisted into classic tantrum pose.

The two men look calm. Almost amused, but not in a mocking way.

They certainly are not embarrassed despite a horde of people around them in the store.

When Baldoni posted the photo to his Facebook, he recalled the way his father used to act during the actor’s own tantrums, and how it helped shape him into the man he is today.

I tried to stay off social media yesterday to connect with my family without distraction so I’m posting this today….
Posted by Justin Baldoni on Monday, June 19, 2017

“My dad always let me feel what I needed to feel, even if it was in public and embarrassing,” he wrote.

The post continued:

“I don’t remember him ever saying ‘You’re embarrassing me!’ or ‘Dont cry!’ It wasn’t until recently that I realized how paramount that was for my own emotional development. Our children are learning and processing so much information and they don’t know what to do with all of these new feelings that come up. I try to remember to make sure my daughter knows it’s OK that she feels deeply. It’s not embarrassing to me when she throw tantrums in the grocery store, or screams on a plane. I’m her dad…not yours.

Let’s not be embarrassed for our children. It doesn’t reflect on you. In fact.. we should probably be a little more kind and patient with ourselves too. If we got out everything we were feeling and allowed ourselves to throw tantrums and cry when we felt the need to then maybe we’d could also let ourselves feel more joy and happiness. And that is something this world could definitely use a little more of.”

The photo, which Baldoni calls one of his favorites ever, shows the advice in action.

There’s a lot of pressure out there on both men and women to be the perfect parents at all times.

But being the perfect parent doesn’t mean your kid never gets angry or frustrated or confused. As Baldoni writes, toddlers are really just beginning to learn and explore the world’s boundaries. There’s naturally going to be a lot of swirling emotions as they encounter things and situations they can’t understand.

What’s important is we don’t teach them to hide those feelings or push them down for fear of ridicule — that kind of emotion-management can come back to haunt us as adults. Working through our feelings, or just having a good cry right there in the middle of the grocery store, is an important skill to learn.

The emotional health of our children is certainly worth a few weird stares from people we’ll never seen again.

This article originally appeared on 06.23.17

Six years ago, a high school student named Christopher Justice eloquently explained the multiple problems with flying the Confederate flag. A video clip of Justice’s truth bomb has made the viral rounds a few times since then, and here it is once again getting the attention it deserves.

Justice doesn’t just explain why the flag is seen as a symbol of racism. He also explains the history of when the flag originated and why flying a Confederate flag makes no sense for people who claim to be loyal Americans.

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But that clip, as great as it is, is a small part of the whole story. Knowing how the discussion came about and seeing the full debate in context is even more impressive.

In 2015, a student at Shawnee Mission East High School outside of Kansas City came up with the idea to have student journalists document students engaging in open discussions about various topics. In support of this idea, history teacher David Muhammad helped arrange a debate about the use of the Confederate flag in American society in his classroom.

According to the Shawnee Mission Post, Muhammad had prepared a basic outline and some basic guiding questions for the discussion, but mainly let the students debate freely. And the result was one of the most interesting debates about the Confederate flag you’ll ever see—one that both reflects the perspectives in American society at large and serves as an example of how to hold a respectful conversation on a controversial topic.

The full discussion is definitely worth a watch. Justice had quite a few Confederacy defenders to contend with, and he skillfully responded to each point with facts and logic. Other students also chimed in, and the discussion is wildly familiar to anyone who has engaged in debate on this topic. For his part, Mr. Muhammad did an excellent job of guiding the students through the debate.

“I had Chris in class, so I knew he was super intelligent and that he read a lot,” Muhammad told the Shawnee Mission Post in 2018. “But that really came out of left-field. He was never out there very much socially, so I didn’t expect for him to want to speak in front of a crowd like that.”

(In case you’re wondering, according to LinkedIn, Christopher Justice is now studying political science at Wichita State University after switching his major from sports management. David Muhammad is now Dean of Students at Pembroke Middle School and also serves as a Diversity Consultant.)

Thanks, SM East, for documenting and sharing such a great discussion.

This article originally appeared on 08.05.21

Early in the morning on Tuesday, March 26th, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship. A number of construction workers were on the bridge during the crash, and many of the workers remain missing.

On social media, fans of crime drama The Wire were quick to share a scene from season 2, which focused on a handful of characters working in the Baltimore Port area.

David Simon not only created The Wire but also worked as a police reporter at The Baltimore Times for over a decade, and he is not happy with the amount of conspiracy theories surrounding the catastrophe.

Simon took to Twitter/X to debunk some theories that the crash was intentional. Most notably, he called Marjorie Taylor Green a “complete submoronic pratfall of a human being.”

Even though there are reports that the crash was caused by a power failure, according to CNN, the cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said, “We have been made aware of those same reports about there being a power outage. I’ve also seen statements, media releases from Singapore as well. It’s something that we take in, but something that we have to verify through our investigation that that was what was part of the contributing cause here. So too early to tell,” she said. For now, their efforts are focused on looking for the missing construction workers.

Whether Sean “Diddy” Combs was caught trying to “flee the country” or not, it’s getting harder to argue that things don’t look bad for him right now. After his properties in Los Angeles and Miami were both raided by federal agents on Monday (March 25), news broke today that the mogul also sold all his shares in Revolt Revolt Media & TV, the company he helped found in 2013.

According to TMZ, Combs sold all of his shares to an anonymous buyer for an undisclosed sum but that the company is still Black-owned. The new owner also plans to make themselves known in future weeks.

Combs stepped down as chairman of Revolt in November 2023. A statement from the company read, “While Mr. Combs has previously had no operational or day-to-day role in the business, this decision helps to ensure that Revolt remains steadfastly focused on our mission to create meaningful content for the culture and amplify the voices of all Black people throughout this country and the African diaspora.”

Combs stepped down in the wake of a November 2023 lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura alleging sexual assault and abuse at his hands over the course of their decade-long relationship. Since then, three more lawsuits were filed by separate women with similar allegations, and while Diddy maintains his innocence, a sex-trafficking investigation appears to be ongoing, despite authorities initially denying it in November.

HYBE, the company behind BTS, NewJeans, and other K-pop groups, has now reached a 10-year deal with Universal Music Group, according to Variety. This partnership will provide HYBE’s artists with resources through the label’s “leading global network.”

Meanwhile, UMG will utilize HYBE’s Weverse social media platform to further promote their own artists. In North America, per the outlet, Scooter Braun will continue to be in charge as the CEO of HYBE America, helping to “collaborate on artist promotions and marketing activities.”

“A partnership of this magnitude only comes together when both sides are equally committed to continued growth,” Bang Si-Hyuk, HYBE’s chairman, shared. “UMG is an iconic music company and together with HYBE, the potential is endless. We are certain that this will expand our global footprint while benefiting our fans, artists, and labels.”

“Chairman Bang, Scooter Braun, and Park Jiwon have brought an innovative and progressive vision to the industry that underscores music’s global power,” Lucian Grainge, UMG’s CEO and chairman, added. “With the opportunities in engaging the superfan via their groundbreaking Weverse model, we’re thrilled to grow and expand our platform business collaboration as we evolve together leading the music industry’s evolution.”

This deal serves as a continuation of the two companies working together, as HYBE and UMG connected in 2017 for a “distribution agreement in Japan.” Yesterday, Hybe revealed their new K-pop girl group Illit, with a forthcoming debut album titled Super Real Me. Another new band called KATSEYE also will be debuting later this year.

Nonprofit organization Noise For Now has long used music to help bolster causes related to reproductive health. Now they’re back it it again with Noise For Now Vol. 2, a forthcoming compilation album that features exclusive tracks from Faye Webster, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne and Devo, MC50 featuring Arrow De Wilde, Big Freedia, Sofia Isella, Julia Jacklin, Becca Mancari, Claud, and AJ Haynes (of Seratones).

The project is set to drop on June 21, a date that marks the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The compilation was also announced as the Court is hearing arguments in a case that could put the future of mifepristone — “a safe and effective abortion pill that has become a critical resource for patients and abortion care providers during this country’s abortion crisis” — in jeopardy.

Noise For Now Executive Director Amelia Bauer says, “We are so grateful to work with these incredible artists to raise money and awareness for independent abortion clinics throughout the US. We know that when the artists and performers we love speak openly and unapologetically about abortion, abortion is stripped of its stigma. We believe that we can shape our future with art, community, and collective action.”

Check out the Noise For Now Vol. 2 cover art and tracklist below.

Noise For Now Vol. 2 Album Cover Artwork

Noise For Now Vol. 2 Tracklist

1. Julia Jacklin — “Dead From The Waist Down (Catatonia cover)”
2. Courtney Barnett — “Boxing Day Blues (Demo)”
3. Becca Mancari — “It’s Too Late (Demo)”
4. The War On Drugs — “Victim (Live)”
5. MC50 — “High School (Live)” Feat. Arrow DeWilde
6. A.J. Haynes — “Everything is Change”
7. Claud — “Spare Tire (Demo)”
8. Faye Webster — “Thinking About You (Live)”
9. Sofia Isella — “Hot Gum (she version)”
10. David Byrne and Devo — “Empire”
11. Big Freedia — “Holatta”

Noise For Now Vol. 2 is out 6/21 via Noise For Now. Find more information here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week, we got new music from Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, Rosali, and more.

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Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood

As of late, indie rock has been mining the sounds of country in many ways. From Hurray For The Riff Raff’s nomadic folk to Wednesday’s alt-country-meets-deafening-shoegaze, the trend is hard not to notice. Since 2020’s Saint Cloud, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield has been at the vanguard of it. Hailing from Alabama and now residing in Kansas City, Crutchfield draws from musicians like Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch to infuse her new record, Tigers Blood, with their forthright storytelling. Collaborating with artists like MJ Lenderman, the Cook brothers, and Spencer Tweedy, Waxahatchee continues leading indie rock’s charge into twangier terrain.

Rosali – Bite Down

Rosali Middleman, a recent Merge Records signee who has relocated from Philadelphia to North Carolina, makes incredible indie-folk music. That sentence contains plenty of traits found in a lot of contemporary indie rock (see: Philly, North Carolina, folk), but Rosali happens to excel at crafting engrossing, unvarnished contemporary indie rock. Her new album, Bite Down, is disarming despite its simplicity, locked-in despite its looseness. It’s all amplified by Rosali’s backing band, the Omaha-based David Nance & Mowed Sound plus Destroyer keyboardist Ted Bois. The end result is one of the best indie-folk records of the year so far.

Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future

Big Thief’s music is often recognized for its ramshackle, freewheeling character. Frontwoman Adrianne Lenker, however, centers her particular work on carefully constructed songwriting, attentive to its structure and instrumentation. For Bright Future, her heart-wrenchingly gorgeous new solo album, she wrote these 12 songs for a sparse palette of acoustic guitar, piano, and violin. On top of it all is Lenker’s warm timbre, which recedes from and advances toward the mic, reflecting the natural beauty that adorns so much of her craft.

Nourished By Time – Catching Chickens

Named after the endurance-test scene from the second Rocky film, Catching Chickens finds Marcus Brown at the apex of their indie fame. Following up last year’s breakthrough Erotic Probiotic 2, Catching Chickens is an entrancing mix of ’90s R&B and new jack swing anchored by Brown’s alluring baritone. Nourished By Time’s latest work ensures the Baltimore artist retains their place at the proverbial throne of underground indie-pop.

Wild Pink – Strawberry Eraser

Wild Pink’s new EP, Strawberry Eraser, ends on a wordless cliffhanger. “Cielo Wheed,” the closing instrumental track from the surprise release, indicates a future path that bandleader John Ross has not yet taken. As a songwriter known for his poetic turns of phrase and heartland-rock-adjacent compositions, the fuzzed-out, minute-long “Cielo Wheed” charts new territory for Wild Pink. Normally, the New York band’s music is predicated on sparkling synthesizers, Ross’ soft, wistful voice, and bright, scintillating production. Strawberry Eraser‘s three tracks, including pre-released single “Air Drumming Fix You,” showcase a new side of Ross’ artistry, one that exhumes splendor from gritty textures.

Hot Mulligan – “Stickers Of Brian”

Hot Mulligan released one of the best emo albums of last year with Why Would I Watch, a record whose loquacious, dadaist song titles accurately conveyed the frenetic aura of the tunes themselves. Speaking of lengthy song titles, the Michigan group is opening for Fall Out Boy on an arena tour, and their new single, the one-off “Stickers Of Brian,” will certainly fill up those spacious arenas nicely. At the nexus of pop-punk, screamo, and indie rock, Hot Mulligan stay true to their hyperactive ethos on “Stickers Of Brian.”

Two Shell / FKA Twigs – “Talk To Me”

On her best-known work, FKA Twigs’ cooing voice dances lithely through sonic tapestries, just as she’s capable of doing in real life. “Talk To Me,” a collaboration between Twigs and the lightheartedly enigmatic dance duo Two Shell, achieves a similar feat. Her voice weaves in and out of the mix, but the spectral orchestrations of Magdalene and sparse abstractions of LP1 have been replaced by a four-on-the-floor Eurodance beat. “Talk To Me” is a gristly, clubby track, and its deft pace feels wonderfully novel for an artist who often luxuriates in slower tempos.

One Step Closer – “Giant’s Despair”

One Step Closer meets at the confluence of emo and hardcore, demonstrating how the two genres often overlap like a musical Venn diagram. With their 2021 debut, This Place You Know, the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania crew traced the outlines of hardcore while simultaneously expanding upon them, showcasing where the scene could soon go. All You Embrace, coming May 17, furthers that vision. On the latest single, the penultimate track “Giant’s Despair,” OSC charges forward at a blistering pace, stretching the range of their sound without sacrificing its emotional, catchy core. It’s another portrait of One Step Closer illustrating what they’re capable of.

King Isis – Shed

Snakes shed their skin mostly for comfort. When their organs expand, a new layer of skin begins growing underneath the current one so that the snake can expel any sense of epidermal claustrophobia. On Shed, the latest EP from recent Dirty Hit signee King Isis, the Oakland artist discards whatever doesn’t behoove them. Whereas their previous EP, last year’s Scales, glistened with its incandescent production choices, Shed, billed as its companion piece, relishes in the darkness hiding underneath. It’s a shift that suits Isis’ lower register and moody subject matter. Drawing from grunge and noise-pop, all while locked into a hook-heavy songwriting philosophy, King Isis emerges as a bright new voice.

The Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes

Everyone from Jimmy Eat World to Death Cab For Cutie has given The Jesus And Mary Chain a shoutout in their lyrics. Add another artist to that list: The Jesus And Mary Chain. Brothers Jim and William Reid are celebrating 40 years of their band with a whimsically self-referential record, Glasgow Eyes. On songs like “Jamcod,” “Second Of June,” and “Hey Lou Reid,” the Scottish alt-rock heroes humor their meta-textual penchants to a shameless extent. While it may read as self-indulgent in less practiced hands, classic albums like Psychocandy, Darklands, and Automatic have given the JAMC carte blanche. They aren’t reinventing the wheel, but it’s worth acknowledging that they helped build the wheel in the first place. This discordant, triumphant record is a worthy commemoration of a band that has shaped noise-pop as we know it.

It seems like only yesterday a millennial was a college kid that baby boomers chided for being entitled and Gen Xers thought were way too sincere and needed to learn how to take a joke. Today, the oldest millennials, those born around 1980, have hit their 40s and have lived long enough to have some serious regrets.

They also have enough experience to take some pride in decisions that, in hindsight, were the right moves.

The good news is that at 40 there is still plenty of time to learn from our successes and failures to set ourselves up for a great second half of life. These lessons are also valuable to the Gen Zers coming up who can avoid the pitfalls of the older generation.

A Reddit user who has since deleted their profile asked millennials nearing 40 “what were your biggest mistakes at this point in life?” and they received more than 2,200 responses. The biggest regrets these millennials have are being flippant about their health and not saving enough money when they were younger.

They also realized that the carefree days of youth are fleeting and impossible to get back. So they should have spent less time working and more time enjoying themselves. Many also lamented that they should have taken their education more seriously in their 20s so they have more opportunities now.

The responses to this thread are bittersweet. It’s tough hearing people come to grips with their regrets but the realizations are also opportunities to grow. Hopefully, some younger people will read this thread and take the advice to heart.

Here are 21 of the most powerful responses to the question: “Millennials of Reddit now nearing your 40s, what were your biggest mistakes at this point in life?”

1.

“Not taking care of my hearing, not even 35 and going deaf.” — Kusanagi8811

2.

“Not getting healthy earlier.” — zombiearchivist

3.

“Staying too long at a job in my 20s, just because it was safe and easy. When I finally got the motivation to leave, ended up with an almost 50% pay boost.” — Hrekires

4. 

“Thinking that I could and should put myself on the back burner for anything and anyone else.” — lenalilly227

5.

“Smoking and not dealing with my shit the right way.” — Allenrw3

6.

“Pining after the wrong person.” — runikepisteme

7.

“I turned 40 this year and just started liking who I am. Why the fuck did it take 40 years for self acceptance?” — guscallee

8.

“Take care of your fucking back. Lift with your knees. Sure it’s rad when you grab a fridge by yourself and lift it in the back of a moving truck unaided, but one day that shit is going to have consequences that won’t just magically go away by resting and “taking it easy” for a week.” — GuyTallman

9.

“I wish I spent more time with my dad while I had the chance.” — CharlieChooper

10.

“I’m 37. I absolutely could have taken better care of my body, but I’m in relatively good health. I’m starting to realize how important it is to maintain my health. I do also think I drank far too much in my 20 and early 30’s. I’m trying to rectify that now, but it’s hard. So that I guess.” — dartastic

11.

“I’m not sure if people have experienced the same but when I entered my 30s I became convinced I was rapidly running out of time. Rather than using that as motivation I let it paralyze me with indecision because I “couldn’t afford to make the wrong choice.” Consequently, I’m now 39 and, though I’ve had great things happen in my 30s, I regret spending so much time worrying and so little time committing to a course of action.” — tomwaste

12.

“Work to live, don’t live to work. You have half your working life after you turn 40 but only 20-25 years to really live it up before the responsibilities become heavy and your joints start to ache. Live life. Really LIVE it. Experience as much you can. Every sensation, sight, sound, touch. Be open. Be brave. Live your first few decades in the fast lane. You have the rest of your life to take it easy, when you have no choice.” — MrDundee666

13.

“I should have paid more attention to my parents telling me to save money and less attention when they were teaching me about purity culture.” — Arkie_MTB

14.

“If I could tell my 18 year old self one thing, it would be to save 10% of every paycheck I ever got.” — PutAForkInHim

15.

“Thinking that I have time to do everything I want only to find myself loosing time, and the endless energy I used to have in order to purse them.” — ezZiioFTW

16.

“Not wearing sunscreen.” — blueboxreddress

17.

“Not recognizing the importance of work/life balance earlier in life. My late teens, all 20’s, and early 30’s were spent pulling 60-100+hr weeks because I thought it was what was required to succeed. How wrong I was. Others stabbed me in the back and reaped the reward.

1.) Putting work first for too long. Work is my #1 priority during work hours now. After quitting time, I don’t think about it (much) anymore. I don’t vent to my wife or friends about it anymore either.

2.) Investing more into fast cars than solid long-term investments. Sure, it was fun, but I could have made bookoos more had I put that towards less-fun investments.

3.) Not using PTO and just waiting for the payout. All those years, missed. I’m in my mid 30’s and I didn’t actually have a real vacation until 3 years ago.

4.) Not realizing that “the good guy” often loses. Just because you’re morally justified doesn’t mean you’re going to win. Just because there’s a number to call doesn’t mean anyone will actually help you. Just because “law” exists, doesn’t mean people follow it, enforce it, or create justice. The world is dog eat dog and cynicism can be healthy in moderate doses.” — [Deleted]

18.

“When you get out of college, keep your friends. No matter how hard it is. Hold on to them.” — mpssss22

19.

“I imagine these are kinda universal:

• Not getting fit and healthy
• Assuming I’d be offered proper guidance on how to achieve my goals
• Assuming higher education would help me achieve my goals
• Spending far too long caring what people think
• Not taking risks that might better my life when I was younger and had nothing to lose
• Staying in relationships too long after they were clearly done.” — katapultperson

20.

“Always ask for more pay. Starting, yearly, before leaving, whatever. Get that money.” — SensibleReply

21.

“Spending too much time in front of a screen and not enough enjoying life.” — BellaPadella

This article originally appeared on 4.20.22

If you had a time machine and woke up in Victorian-era London (1837-1901), you would have difficulty breathing because of the air quality. You’d also walk around plugging your nose because of the poor sanitation and probably be very confused when purchasing anything because of the monetary system.

J. Draper, a London historian and tour guide, explained why money was so different in the Victorian era in a popular YouTube video with nearly 300,000 views. “Let me try and explain how pounds, shillings and pence worked,” J Draper opens her video.

First, in modern-day England, they have two units of money, pounds and new pence, which work like dollars and cents. One hundred pence equals one dollar. However, back in the Victorian era, there was a third unit of money between pence and pounds called the shilling. The shilling was phased out starting in 1971.

To give an example of how money worked in Victorian England, she shared the example of journalist Henry Mayhew, who in 1851 said it costs 21 pounds (£), 9 shilling (s) and 11 pence (d, for denarius) to set yourself up as a baked potato seller. Written out, the cost looks like this: £21 9s 11d.

The breakdown goes like this: 12 pence are in a shilling and 20 shillings make a pound. To further complicate things, there were two more units of money in the 19th century: the 1/4 pence, known as a farthing and a 1/2 pence, known as a half penny (pronounced “haypnee”).

“I hope this helps, but like with any measurement system, there’s no substitute for just practicing it,” J. Draper concludes her video.

Being a parent is often a thankless job, and being a stepparent is usually even more thankless. But most parents show up and do their best to make sure their kids have what they need and feel loved. So when our kids do or say something to show appreciation, it melts our hearts—but nothing melts it faster than a stepchild calling their bonus parent “Mom” or “Dad” for the first time.

A creator named Shane posted a clip from a longer video showing his reaction to hearing his stepdaughter call him “Dad” for the first time. The full video is about three years old, but when it was reposted as a clip recently, it pulled on everyone’s heartstrings.

Shane and his wife, Liana, run the social media pages Shane and Liana where they post silly videos pranking each other. But this video wasn’t a prank. His stepdaughter, London, wanted to surprise him after wanting to call him “Dad” for a long time.

She can barely contain her excitement in the clip, squealing loudly when climbing into the back seat. When Shane gets in the car, London knows this is her chance.

“Hi Dad, how was your day?” she asks.

Shane turns completely around in shock as the heartwarming realization of what she just called him sets in.

“Did you just call me Dad? Just made my heart melt to know she called me Dad,” Shane says full of emotion.

London and Liana explain earlier in the video that Shane has raised the little girl since she was 2 years old. She didn’t meet her biological father until she was 5, and he was only in her life briefly before leaving, so this was a big moment. Viewers under the newly re-uploaded clip revealed that watching the interaction made them just as emotional as Shane.

“Idk how the mom ain’t crying!?! I’m crying,” Mari Morales writes.

“This video hits me right in the heart and soul,” Sarah Douglas writes. “My ‘step’ dad raised me from 7 years old. I’ve never met the sperm donor once, but my REAL dad is the one that chose to love me regardless of biology. Forever grateful for the real men that ‘step’ up to be there for us.”

“So true the first time my oldest daughter called me dad I cried she’s not blood but she is mine no matter what,” Timothy Evans says.

This article originally appeared on 7.19.23