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How to Switch Health Insurance Plans During Open Enrollment

You don't cancel the old plan first. You pick the new one, confirm the effective date, and pay the first premium before January 1.

GuideCan You Fix ItDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Fix a Flat and Dial In the Brakes on Every Bike in the Garage

Four bikes, one Saturday morning, about sixty dollars of tools. Diagnose the flat before you patch it, and never skip the brake check.

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Guide100 ThingsNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

100 Things Every Woman Should Know How to Do

From backing a trailer to praying over your kids by name, the skills that make a woman almost impossible to rattle.

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How To6 min read

How to Freeze Your Credit After a Data Breach

Three bureaus, about twenty minutes, zero dollars. Federal law made freezes free in 2018, and it's still the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy.

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GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Classic Adventure Novels That Survive Being Read Out Loud

Which ones hold a nine-year-old at bedtime, which ones quietly kill the habit, and where you'll want to skip a paragraph.

Guide100 ThingsNina CastellanSep 23, 20267 min

100 Things Every Mom Wishes Someone Had Told Her

The hospital sends you home with a car seat and a pamphlet about tummy time. Nobody hands you the rest of the list.

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GuideHow ToDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How to Back Up Family Photos So a Dead Phone Can't Take Them

Three copies, two kinds of storage, one off-site. One evening of work and about a hundred bucks a year keeps twelve years of your kids safe.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

The Fatherhood Books New Dads Should Actually Read

Ten books that survive the newborn year, what each one is good for, and the two you should finish before the hospital bag is packed.

Guide100 ThingsCal BrennanSep 23, 20267 min

100 Things Every Dad Should Teach His Kids Before They Leave Home

You get about 6,570 days with them under your roof. Spend a few of them on this list.

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GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Replace Your Birth Certificate and Social Security Card

Order the birth certificate from the state you were born in, not the one you live in, and never pay a dime for a new Social Security card.

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GuideBooksRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

What Your Library Card Is Actually Worth

A free piece of plastic replaces an audiobook subscription, a streaming service, and most of your book budget. Most people never set theirs up.

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GuideHistoryDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Seven Historic Stops Worth Making the Kids Sit in the Car

Valley Forge to the Alamo, the places where the story actually happened, what to see when you get there, and the parts nobody puts on the brochure.

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Write a Will Without Paying a Fortune

You can get a valid will, a guardian named for your kids and your accounts pointed the right way in one evening, for less than dinner out.

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GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

What to Read Aloud to Your Kids, Age by Age

A working list of read-aloud books from board books to Tolkien, with the mature content flagged and the ones that flop marked.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Science & Space6 min

Five Saturday Science Projects That Actually Teach Something

How To6 min

How to Get a Passport Fast When You're Out of Time

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

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GuideBooksNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Books for Teenage Girls With Heroines Worth Copying

Ten novels and one memoir with girls at the center who are brave, stubborn, and good — plus what's in each one you should know about first.

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Science & Space5 min read

Your First Telescope Should Probably Be an 8-Inch Dobsonian

Aperture and a steady mount beat everything else. Skip the 675x box-store special and buy the thing you'll actually carry outside.

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