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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.

ReviewGadgetsDean Shaw6 Oct 20266 min

The doorbell that talks back, and the mailman who saw through it

A smart doorbell can greet the mail carrier from your phone. Grandpa tried it from the garage, with the garage door wide open.

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GuideMomsNina Castellan6 Oct 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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Boys & Girls7 min read

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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GuideDadsSam Ortiz6 Oct 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.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar6 Oct 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 & GirlsSam Ortiz6 Oct 20266 min

Saying No Without Losing Friends, and the Scripts That Help

Most kids aren't too weak to say no. They just over-explain. Teach them the short no and the warm yes, and the rest gets easier.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideBRO SeniorsWes Dunbar6 Oct 20267 min

Stop halving the family recipes and buy smaller pans

Your kitchen was built to feed five. Cooking well for one or two starts with fixing that, not with doing math on the old casserole recipe.

GuideDadsSam Ortiz5 Oct 20266 min

The real goal of Saturday pancakes is sleeping in

Hand over one job at a time, never take the spatula back, and someday you'll wake up to breakfast you didn't make.

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GuideYoung MenWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Ten meals every adult should cook, and the one list that covers them

Ten dishes that teach every technique you'll need, all built from one grocery run. Learn them and nobody in your house goes hungry.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

The hand without the knife is the one that cuts you

Pinch the blade, claw the food, and learn five cuts slowly. Speed takes care of itself once your other hand knows its job.

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GuideOld SchoolNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Grandma's recipe isn't on the card. It's in her hands.

The index card says "flour enough." Here's how to stand in her kitchen and find out exactly how much enough is, before nobody can tell you.

GuideMomsNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Teach Them on Saturday So They Can Cook on Tuesday

What a five, eight and twelve-year-old can really handle in the kitchen, and the timing trick that keeps you from giving up on it.

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GuideMeal PlansNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Ten Freezer Dinners From Four Pots in One Afternoon

Stop cooking ten recipes. Cook four big batches, split them ten ways, and don't ask what's for dinner again until next month.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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Food6 min

Your cast iron is sticky because you used too much oil

Recipes7 min

A Sunday Roast Beef Dinner Timed for One Oven

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GuideMeal PlansNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Feeding Six on a Budget Starts With Tomorrow's Lunch

Dinner isn't what breaks a big family's grocery budget. Lunch and snacks are. This full week is built so every supper pays for the next day.

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Food6 min read

Your pie crust is tough because you were stingy with the water

Flaky, tender pie crust comes down to cold butter, enough water and less handling. Here's why dough cracks and how to fix it at the counter.

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