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Wear more sunscreen, buy fewer products

Most twenty-something skin problems come from doing too much, too fast, with too little sunscreen. Fix the order and the shelf gets cheaper.

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Find a doctor before something's actually wrong

Nobody books your appointments now. Five phone calls this month buys you a name to dial the morning something feels off.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideCountry BroCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Kneeling for a Living Without Wrecking Your Knees

Flooring, roofing and plumbing put you on the deck for hours. What wears out, which pads earn their keep, and when to stop kneeling altogether.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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BRO for Her6 min read

Wash brushes bristles-down and toss the mascara at three months

Water in the metal band is what kills a good brush, and the tiny open-jar symbol on the tube tells you more than the price tag ever did.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your kid won't tell you he can't see the board

A child has no way of knowing his eyes are worse than everybody else's, so the job of noticing belongs to you.

GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Whether Dad stays home usually comes down to the night shift

The in-home versus care home decision isn't about how much you love your parent. It's about who's awake at 3 a.m. and who's paying for it.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Treat melasma like a light problem, not a stain

The brown patches on your cheekbones respond to shade, prescription actives and patience, in that order, and the wrong laser can set you back a year.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

A Teaspoon Every Five Minutes Beats A Cup Every Hour

What to do at 2 a.m. when a small kid can't keep anything down, how to read dehydration, and the signs that mean stop guessing and call.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Training in your eighties without wrecking a tendon

Muscle adapts in about three weeks. Tendon takes months. Start with that gap in mind and you'll still be adding weight at eighty-eight.

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

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Don't wait for the elephant, and don't drive yourself

Most women having a heart attack do feel it in the chest. The reason it gets missed is uglier and more fixable than the internet tells you.

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GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Roast It, Salt It, And Stop Negotiating At The Table

You can force a swallow. You can't force an appetite. So quit fighting and change the cooking instead.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideMomsNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What She Should Learn From You Before She Leaves

Roast chicken, a breaker bar, a handshake, and the nerve to say no without an apology paragraph. Start earlier than feels necessary.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Breast changes worth a phone call, and the lumps that aren't

Most lumps women find turn out benign. Knowing which ones get a same-week appointment is still the most useful thing you can learn about your own body.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

You'll notice the money missing before you smell anything

The early tells a teenager is drinking or using, what to check in your own house first, and how to open the conversation without getting lied to.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Be a Man5 min

Making friends after thirty is mostly a scheduling problem

BRO for Her6 min

A BRCA positive is a schedule, not a sentence

Ask BRO

Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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BRO TakeDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Give Him A Job That Breaks If He Forgets

Culture doesn't make a boy soft by arguing with him. It does it by removing every consequence he could've learned something from.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Be a Man5 min read

Toughness is trainable, so start with the thermostat

Comfort didn't attack you. It just quietly removed the friction that used to do the work. Put some back, in doses you can hold for a year.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

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