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Getting the lights on the roof and yourself back off it

Every step is correct. The asides are what really happens. Holiday lights on the roofline, done safely, with only one trip back to the store.

ReviewBRO SeniorsCal BrennanOct 6, 20266 min

I told a frozen grandson the whole carburetor story

Video calling the grandkids is free, wonderful and mildly ridiculous. Grandpa sorts out what's worth it and how to stop the freezing.

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarOct 6, 20265 min

Replacing a Toilet Flapper Takes Ten Minutes and Two Trips

The cheapest plumbing fix in the house, written the way it really goes, including the second trip to the store nobody plans for.

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GuideHomeWes DunbarOct 6, 20266 min

Hanging a heavy picture straight on the first try

One frame, two hooks, zero extra holes. The way it really goes, plus the bathroom scale trick nobody mentions.

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GuideCommunityCal BrennanOct 6, 20266 min

Be the Other Grown-Up a Kid Can Count On

Coaches, uncles and the guy next door shape kids in ways parents can't. It takes less than you'd think, plus a few rules you never bend.

GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarOct 6, 20266 min

The Bathroom Sink Clog Is Always Hair, and It's Always Gross

Skip the bottle of drain cleaner. A plastic strip, a bucket and twenty patient minutes clear almost every slow bathroom sink in the house.

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GuideFamilyCal BrennanOct 6, 20266 min

The twenty-minute Sunday meeting that runs the whole week

Five items, a kitchen timer and a spiral notebook. Hold it when nothing's wrong, and it'll still work when something is.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Say it in one sentence and your teenager will hear it

The forty-minute talk makes you feel like a good dad. The one sentence, said once and backed up, is the one that actually lands.

GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 6, 20266 min

Stop Asking Your Kid Why They Did It

"Why" gets you a shrug or a lie. Four better questions turn a broken window into a kid who knows how to make things right.

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GuideFamilyCal BrennanOct 6, 20266 min

Let your kids fail while it still costs twenty dollars

First job, first car, first apartment. Hand over the adult jobs early, while a mistake costs a late fee, not a lease.

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GuideDadsCal BrennanOct 6, 20266 min

You can't pick their friends, but you can own the garage

Banning a bad friend rarely works. Shaping who your kid meets, and where they hang out, works a lot better.

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GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Sorry Is the Cheap Part of an Apology

Two syllables shouted at the ceiling don't fix anything. Teach your kid to own it, repair it and do better, and the word will start meaning something.

GuideFamilyRay OkonkwoOct 6, 20266 min

Stop paying your kids for the wrong things

Most parents pay for chores that should be free and hand over the things that should be earned. Flip it, and watch what happens to your kid.

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GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 6, 20266 min

Give Your Kid the Exact Words Before They Need Them

Your kids already know right from wrong. What they're missing at 9:40 on a Friday night is the sentence that gets them out of the room.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Give Your Kid a Job Somebody Else Is Counting On

Cleaning his own room teaches tidiness. Feeding the dog before dinner teaches something bigger. Chores by age, built on that one idea.

GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

The pause your kid needs gets built on the boring days

Count to ten doesn't work on a furious seven-year-old. A named, practiced, one-second stop does, and your own temper is the lesson plan.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarOct 6, 20267 min

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls You Start Friday and Bake in Your Slippers

Do the work Friday night, and Saturday is just coffee, a 350-degree oven and a kitchen that smells like a bakery by 8 a.m.

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GuideBoys & GirlsRay OkonkwoOct 6, 20267 min

The cheapest money mistake your kid will ever make

A bad purchase costs nine dollars at age ten and nine thousand at twenty-five. Teach money in the right order and let the cheap lessons happen.

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