Boys & Girls

Raising kids from toddler to twelve. Character, chores, school, screens and the childhood they will thank you for.

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Set Up the Internet for Your Kid Before They Can Argue Back

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When to Give Your Kid a Phone and What the Rules Should Say

Skip the birthday-number debate. Use a ladder of devices, a written contract, and one rule most families forget until it's too late.

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Telling Kids the Hard News Without Handing Them Your Fear

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GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Help a Shy Child Make One Friend, Not Ten

Ninety minutes, one kid, your living room floor. The quiet way shy children build a real friendship, and the pushing that backfires.

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Twenty Summer Projects Kids Will Actually Finish

A treehouse, a lemonade stand, a garden bed, and seventeen more — with the parts the instructions leave out.

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GuideAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Read the Report Card Backwards

The letter grades are the least useful part of the page. Start with attendance, then conduct, then the comments, and you'll actually know your kid.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

Stop Rescuing Your Kids From Boredom

The whining is the toll booth, not the destination. What to say, what to stock the house with, and why the first two weeks are so loud.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Give Your Kids Their Saturdays Back, Mud and All

A practical plan for three unsupervised hours a week, what to hand them, what will go wrong, and how to keep your nerve on the porch.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Bedtime Routine That Ends the Fourth Trip Downstairs

Fill the water cup before the story, not after lights out. The rest of the routine follows from that one move.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Discipline Without Yelling Starts With Saying It Once

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GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

What Your Four, Eight and Twelve Year Old Can Actually Do

A chore list that matches real capability at each age, plus the part nobody tells you: it's slower, messier, and worth it anyway.

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Three Jars and a Stack of Ones

How to run a kid's first allowance so the money actually teaches something, including the part where you let him waste it.

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Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

A nightly read-aloud habit survives on twelve minutes, a bookmark, and a list you don't have to think about. Steal mine.

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Raising a Kid Who Looks People in the Eye

Please, thank you, eye contact and a handshake are teachable skills, not personality traits. Drill them the way you'd drill free throws.

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Raise a Girl Who Is Kind and Still Says No

Kindness and backbone are the same virtue pointed in two directions. Here's how to build both before she turns twelve.

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Raise a Boy Strong Enough to Be Gentle

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