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What Big Events Do And Don't Do For Child Trafficking

The Super Bowl spike is a myth, and believing it can send your attention to the wrong place. What actually protects kids is duller, and it works.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Money in the first ninety days after your husband dies

Ten death certificates, one frozen checking account, and the decisions you should refuse to make until next year.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Long Distance Only Works If Somebody's Moving

A relationship with 900 miles in it needs a date on the calendar and a name attached to the moving truck. Everything else is just a very expensive friendship.

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Protect the Children6 min read

What Prosecutors Must Prove In A Federal Child Trafficking Case

Under federal law, nobody has to prove a child was forced. That one sentence changes how these cases are built, and how you should read the news.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Nursing, teaching or the trades, and what each one really costs

Three honest paths, three very different bills at the door, and the cheap way to test-drive each one before you sign anything.

GuideYoung MenSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Sign the lease, stock the freezer, own a wrench

The four things that decide whether your first year on your own goes smoothly, and the exact clauses, groceries and tools that make it work.

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GuideProtect the ChildrenJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What Really Happens After You Report a Trafficking Tip

Inside how the FBI, local detectives and the CyberTipline actually build these cases, and the kind of report that gives them something to work with.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Start in Luke, not Leviticus

Fifteen minutes, a paper Bible and a cheap notebook. The plan that survives a Tuesday when everything else in your day falls apart.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

She's taking notes on how you talk to her mother

Long before she brings anybody home, your daughter has decided what normal looks like. You set it on an average Wednesday.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideProtect the ChildrenJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

The number to call in Canada when a child might be in trouble

1-833-900-1010 works anywhere in the country, any hour, in English or French. Knowing what happens after you dial is the part most people skip.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Long hair is a breakage problem, not a growth problem

You grow about six inches of hair a year. If your length hasn't moved in two years, the ends are leaving faster than the roots arrive.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20267 min

100 Things You Already Know That Younger Men Don't

Take three off this list, hand them over one at a time with something in his hands, and don't say them twice.

GuideProtect the ChildrenJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What a church serious about protecting kids actually does

Screening, a two-adult rule, real training and a ministry that helps families. The unglamorous work that makes a church a hard target.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Walking to your car alone, and the ten seconds that matter

Parking garages, late flights and hotel corridors don't require paranoia. They require about six habits you run without thinking.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Family6 min

The family meeting that survives past week three

Protect the Children7 min

Your Church Can Write a Child Protection Policy in One Afternoon

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Go back to school without paying for credits you already have

Transcripts first, accreditation second, money third, and an honest look at the semester you'll want to quit.

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Dads5 min read

Teach your daughter the tells, not the type

You can't vet every boy she meets. You can hand her a standard, a vocabulary, and a ride home at 2am with no questions asked.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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