We’ve all been told that the most important meal of the day is breakfast. But whoever offered this advice should have also provided a fool-proof plan for those of us with kids and the need to be somewhere by a certain time. Sit-down breakfasts aren’t always an option — time doesn’t typically allow for a complicated breakfast and the frantic search for a pair of socks that don’t “feel weird.” Or maybe you have a picky eater and the usual foods dubbed “kid-friendly” just don’t cut it. When it comes to breakfast, I want to get food that ideally has protein into my active kids’ bodies, and ideall ..read more

From a “riff-able” British breakfast to gelato-stuffed brioche rolls, these breakfasts from around the world are sure to introduce your family to a literal world of exciting new flavors — and all before the kids are even off to school (or soccer practice). The breakfast dishes featured come from celebrated food writers, bloggers, and parents just like you who are interested in discovering new ways of bringing a global vibe to the family breakfast table. Not only are they mouthwateringly delicious, but they also prove that you don’t have to leave your kitchen to experience the world around you ..read more

— Ariela Basson/Fatherly; Getty Images, Shutterstock You glance at the clock, and you have 10 minutes. Somehow, you have to produce multiple food groups for multiple kids with little time left before buses show up and carpool starts. Now what? Amy Palanjian, cookbook author and mom of a 12-, 7-, and 5-year-old, has totally been there. Palanjian, a former editor and current food guru behind the site Yummy Toddler Food, started getting serious about how kids are fed when her own daughter was 1. She realized at that time there were few resources for feeding younger kids — and the advice in older ..read more

— Ariela Basson/Fatherly; Getty Images, Stocksy When I first met my partner, who has cooked professionally since he was still in high school, breakfast was a big part of our relationship. We often met up at late-night breakfast spots in our first several months of dating, and then one of us would cook breakfast for the other the next morning. Dating a chef gave me some grandiose ideas about our future. I imagined lazy mornings with impeccable breakfast spreads planned and prepared by him. That's just not our reality, though. He's out of the house most mornings before the rest of our family is ..read more

During the week, mornings are a rushed symphony of chaos, usually involving grabbing some sort of bar and jetting out the door. But once the weekend rolls around, you can finally take a breath and have time to make the sort of leisurely breakfasts where, you know, everyone sits down at the table at the same time. Still, that certainly doesn’t make the task exactly simple. As we all know, kids are a notoriously picky bunch. That’s why we pulled together recipes full of the flavors that most kids love, but executed them with a little extra novelty to keep things interesting. All these recipes a ..read more

If you’ve birthed a carb monster and can’t quite crack the code on why they won’t just eat the bun *and* burger, you’re not alone. “Kids have an intrinsic motivation to seek certain types of food,” says Taylor Arnold, PhD, RDN, of Growing Intuitive Eaters on Instagram, and YouTube. For my offspring, that means entire meals made up of toast, pasta, or, when I’m out and about and feeling particularly desperate, French fries. And I don’t even want to talk about the number of uneaten nuggets, meatballs, and burger patties that have been left uneaten. Despite the fact that itty bitty bodies need p ..read more

We’ve all lived through a stressful morning rush, and it only gets harder once kids arrive. Sometimes they’re just not moving their feet, or they have a meltdown about what outfit they’re going to wear. Maybe your alarm didn’t go off, so you couldn’t wake the kids up on time, and now they are extremely cranky. Whatever the issue is, it’s probably one that’s out of your control. But there’s one thing you can control: breakfast. While it may feel like one of the more stressful parts of the morning, breakfast is something you can really hack. There’s a solution for each problem you may face: not ..read more

Breakfast may be the toughest meal at our house. For lunch, we have seemingly endless kid-friendly options: mac and cheese, grilled cheese, noodle soup, and the occasional drive-thru run. And for dinner, we’ve created a pretty steady routine: We usually serve a protein, vegetable, and side dish in hopes our kids will get a balanced meal, and we keep a few kid-friendly alternatives — slices of cheese or ham, raw vegetables cut up — on hand if someone simply cannot be convinced to try what’s offered. But breakfast is tough. It has to be quick and easy, and it has to be something the kids can go ..read more

Steph Curry makes it look easy. He can hit practically any shot on the basketball court, his Golden State Warriors are crushing it, and his kids Riley (10), Ryan (7), and Canon (4) always look like they’re living a perfect life, cheering on their dad from the stands. But things haven’t always been this good for the four-time NBA champion. Curry may have picked up MVP awards for both the NBA All-Star Game and the NBA Finals last season but he still remembers a time when basketball coaches and recruiters told him he was “too small” to make it. Curry has taken lessons about perseverance that he ..read more

— Ariela Basson/Fatherly; Shutterstock In pursuit of a good story, Daniel Duane has climbed mountains with Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker, trained for a triathlon with Lance Armstrong’s crew, and cooked a gourmet BLT with Thomas Keller. He’s chased wildfire scientists, champion weightlifters, wingsuited BASE jumpers, and spent hours with legends like Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and big-wave surfer Garett McNamara. But for Duane, a father of two, nothing is quite as thrilling as the leap he’s about to take: to pursue a career as a therapist. A great journalist is a great listener. And Duane ..read more