School & Learning

Choosing schools, paying for college, homeschooling, trade school and learning at any age.

He Asked in Person and Had Her Home by Ten

Our grandparents ran a dating system with rules, a plan and an end time. Most of it still works, and you can use it Friday.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Decide your smoke number before the sky turns orange

When the air goes bad, you don't want to be negotiating at 7 a.m. about whether soccer practice is still on. Set the rules while the air is clean.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The six-week check isn't a pelvic floor plan

Leaking, heaviness, a core that won't fire back up. Common after birth, and none of it is something you're supposed to just live with.

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Old School6 min read

How To Keep A Car Twenty Years The Way My Grandfather Did

He drove the same truck for two decades on cheap oil, a spiral notebook and a garden hose. None of it was complicated, and all of it still works.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The first week after your father's stroke

What to ask, who to talk to, how to split the days, and the paperwork you'll wish somebody had found on night one.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20267 min

Get the bone scan, then go lift something heavy

Osteoporosis has no symptoms until something breaks. The scan takes ten minutes, and the fix involves a barbell.

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GuideOld SchoolDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The Handshake Was the Contract and It Usually Held

My grandfather closed deals in about nine words and a shake. Most of his method still works, and the part that doesn't is worth knowing too.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to hand down tools, land and heirlooms without a fight

The estate fight almost never starts over money. It starts over a hand plane worth sixty dollars and a promise nobody wrote down.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Endometriosis is diagnosed in years, not appointments

The pain is real, the standard ultrasound is often clean, and the fastest way through is a record nobody can wave off.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Pick the Dog for the Job, Then Teach It to Stop

A pup out of working parents is two years from useful, so choose the right kind of dog, start on broke stock, and put the brakes on before anything else.

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

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GuideBRO SeniorsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Long-term care costs real money and Medicare won't pay it

A private room runs six figures a year, Medicare covers almost none of it, and the family that plans early pays far less than the one that improvises.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Your fasting number and a cuff you keep by the door

Two of the most common pregnancy complications get caught by numbers, not by how you feel. Know the thresholds, buy the right cuff, and know what to say when you call.