Son Yeonjae, 18-month-old Jun Yeon Mom's daily life...Parenting is harder than exercising
Oct 11, 2025
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Korean rhythmic gymnastics legend Son Yeon-jae appeared as a pyeonchef on KBS 2TV 'New Release Pyeon Restaurant' (hereinafter 'Pyeon Restaurant'), which aired on October 10.
Son Yeon-jae, a gymnastics fairy who was called a "national younger brother" and loved a lot, became a novice mother with an 18-month-old son.
The daily life of Son Yeon-jae, a novice mother who does her best with her national passion for parenting, filled the home room with warm laughter. The broadcast on this day recorded a national viewership of 4% of Nielsen Korea.
Son Yeon-jae, who started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 5, not only reached the final stage of the Olympics for the first time in Korea's history, but also won a gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. It can be said that it is a legend of rhythmic gymnastics in Korea. After retiring in April 2017, Son Yeon-jae got married in August 2022 and gave birth in February 2024, and her 18-month-old son Jun-yeon is busy as a mother and a leader who fosters a rhythmic gymnastics dreamer.
On this day, Son Yeon-jae drew attention by appearing with her fresh beauty from the morning. "You're still like a student.", "It's so pretty."'Pyeon Restaurant" responded to the family's response "It's been a long time since I came out, so I was as stubborn as I could."," he said with shame. But parenting was a reality. Son Yeon-jae quickly cleaned up the living room littered with toys and headed straight to the kitchen. He then started making baby food meal prep, which he prepared whenever he had time for his son Jun-yeon.
In addition, Son Yeon-jae was meticulously organizing her son Jun-yeon's baby food diary and calendar every day. After seeing this, the family members of the "Pyeon Restaurant" even clenched their tongues, saying, "It's like a training schedule for a national team." Son said, `If you had the pleasure of achieving your goals as an athlete, now you have the pleasure of being able to spend all of Jun-yeon's firsts together, so you feel joy that was unimaginable before.' However, when asked what was more difficult between exercise and parenting, he answered "unconditional parenting" without hesitation, drawing laughter.
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In response, Son Yeon-jae introduced a one-shot, two-pee dish that can make children's food and adult food with one ingredient. Fresh bulgogi for babies, freshwater bulgogi for adults, and cold-haired cooking eggplant dumplings made from leftover meat. The neat and delicate knife skills showed how best Son Yeon-jae was trying. Similarly, Ayumi, a special MC who is raising children, admired "Good recipe for busy mothers."
Meanwhile, Lee Chan-won launched a youth cheering project. He visited Yeungnam University, his alma mater, to make breakfast for 250 people, to cheer for those in their 20s who have many concerns about employment, future, and career paths. Lee Chan-won has been considering the composition of menus such as handmade king pork cutlet, beef and pork belly soybean paste stew, egg-boochubak, and lettuce greens. For Lee Chan-won, who is new to large-capacity cooking, cooks at Yeungnam University's student restaurant with strong experience have launched support.
Lee Chan-won did his best, thinking about his juniors who would eat deliciously. It's finally time for food. The news of Lee Chan-won's arrival caused an open run at a student restaurant. Lee Chan-won served his students homemade breakfast with a bright smile. They also make egg rolls on the spot for foreign students who can't eat pork cutlet. In addition, he expressed his pocket money to the juniors of the student council where he was active, saying "Dining expenses".
Son Yeon-jae, who turned from a gymnastics fairy to a novice mother, raised her passion for the national team, and Lee Chan-won's desire to support young people in their 20s who have a lot of worries. It was a time when the true value of the entertainment show 'Pyeon Restaurant' was shining. KBS 2TV 'New Release Pyeon Restaurant' airs every Friday at 8:30 p.m.
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