How many times have you plopped a carefully curated tray of food down on the table and wondered why your toddler isn t eating it? If we can get my 2-year-old to deviate from scrambled eggs, salami, and tangerine slices, it s a big day in our house. That s partially why I was so excited to chat with TikTok s Hungry Fam, known for their videos in which toddler Sarang chows down on everything from octopus to Korean corndogs. How is this little person eating chicken wings when my child won t even touch a sandwich? ( No is the only constructive feedback we ve received from her.)
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Over the past year, parents have adapted sometimes beautifully, sometimes begrudgingly to working from home with their children. For Julie and Sonsern Lin (aka Umma and Appa), the pandemic s mandatory stay-at-home orders presented a unique opportunity to grow their family s newfound fame on social media. Together with their 2-year-old daughter, Sarang, the Irvine, CA-based Lins are known as Hungry Fam, and their main TikTok channel boasts 1.6 million followers and nearly 40 million likes . . . and that s not even including the tens of thousands of followers on their individual accounts.
What s so compelling about Hungry Fam? Their videos feature Sarang eating various foods, from fast-food fries to A5 Wagyu steak and she is