100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

What wives thirty years in say holds a marriage together

Repair faster than you fight, say the thing out loud, and stop handing your marriage to your children. The unglamorous habits that keep it standing.

GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Twenty-six weekends a year is plenty if you stop performing

The every-other-weekend dad's real job isn't entertainment. It's being boringly, reliably present in a way your kids can set their watch by.

Skills6 min

Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

BRO for Her6 min

The first year of widowhood and what it actually asks of you

GuideFamilyMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Dating again when the kids are still at home

Practical rules for the timing, the introduction, the ex, and the house — from someone who has watched plenty of people get it wrong.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

The order to do it in, the two mistakes that dump five quarts on your driveway, and the parts nobody tells you to buy.

BRO for Her5 min

Self-defense that holds up when you're frightened

Family6 min

Ninety seconds at the kerb decides how co-parenting goes

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Most doors that stick were hung to a crooked frame. Set the hinge side plumb first and everything downstream gets easier.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Pregnancy and the first year, without the soft focus

The six-week check isn't a finish line, your hair will fall out at four months, and the night shift needs a rota. What the books leave out.

Family6 min

What it takes to come back from a separation

Skills6 min

Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Start with a .22 and fifty rounds

A first range day goes better when you shoot less, stand closer and wear the right shirt. What to book, what to bring and who to ignore at the counter.

GuideFamilyWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your kids need a drawer of their own, not a theme park

The second house doesn't have to be nicer than the first one. It has to be theirs, and it has to be boringly predictable.

Skills6 min

The running toilet is a fifteen-minute fix, not a plumber call

BRO for Her5 min

The part of raising a son that only you can do

GuideDadsWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Pick a project he can't finish on Saturday

Two-hour jobs teach a boy almost nothing. The ones that run into Sunday afternoon are where the useful part lives.

Family5 min read

What to say when you tell your children you're separating

Both parents, one room, three sentences you've agreed word for word. And the month afterwards, which matters more than the day itself.

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