School & Learning

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

What Actually Keeps Your Mind Sharp After Sixty

Crossword apps aren't the answer. Your blood pressure, your hearing and your legs are doing most of the work.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Fibroids, and every option between watching and hysterectomy

Benign, extremely common, and still capable of running your calendar. What the symptoms actually look like and what each treatment costs you.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Rain Off the Shop Roof Will Water More Than You Think

One inch of rain on a 1,000-square-foot roof is 623 gallons. Here's how to catch it, store it, and get it to the garden without a pump.

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Marrying again at seventy without splitting your family

The beneficiary forms matter more than the will, and the conversation with your kids matters more than both. How to get all three right.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The postpartum symptoms that can't wait until Monday

Soaking a pad an hour, a headache Tylenol won't touch, one swollen calf. What to call about today, what's a 911 call, and how to get taken seriously.

GuideCity BroMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Four of you, 800 square feet, and one bathroom

Square footage isn't what breaks a family in a city apartment. Sound, storage and the 7 a.m. bathroom line are, and all three have fixes.

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GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Nobody's mumbling, and you've known it for years

Men sit on hearing loss for the better part of a decade. What it's costing you, what the audiogram actually measures, and how to buy without getting fleeced.

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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 20266 min

Ask where the placenta is at the anatomy scan

Weeks 14 to 27 are the ones you can actually use. What to ask at the scan, what HR needs in writing, and what to buy before you slow down.

GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your Pond Problem Probably Isn't the Fish

Weeds, muddy water and stunted bluegill all trace back to the same few things, and most of them you can fix in a weekend.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Plan your own funeral so they don't have to guess

A folder, one afternoon and a few hard calls now will spare your wife and your kids the worst week of their lives.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

A heavy period is a number, not a feeling

How to measure what you're actually losing, the causes worth ruling out, and the tests to ask for by name when you're told it's normal.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCity BroMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Train on your lunch break without wrecking your afternoon

Clock the walk, pick two lifts, solve the sweat problem. Twenty-two minutes is enough if you stop pretending it's an hour.

GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Keeping a Quarter Mile of Driveway Open All Winter

Where you shove the snow in December decides whether you can still turn around in February. The gear, the timing, and the plan for the morning it won't start.