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The honest way to tell if gaming has become a problem

Hours aren't the test. What the hours cost is the test. A straight look at the tells, and the first week of getting out from under it.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

The battery is a forty-minute job with a hair dryer and the right screwdriver. The screen is harder, and the reasons why are worth knowing first.

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GuideMovies & TVDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Build a Home Theater Your Family Will Actually Use

Spend the first four hundred dollars on sound, not screen size, and three other decisions that separate a real movie room from a pile of boxes.

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Building one Minecraft world with your kids, and finishing it

Turn off mob griefing, pick a build with an ending, and give every kid a job with their name on it.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The router settings that filter every screen in the house

Twenty minutes at the router covers the tablet, the console, the smart TV and the phone that keeps ending up under a pillow.

GuideMovies & TVSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

How Much TV Is Too Much for Your Family

A workable household screen limit, the test that tells you when you've crossed it, and the two ugly weeks that come after you set one.

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GuideGamingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Set up parental controls on every console in twenty minutes

Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and Steam each hide the important switch in a different place. This is where they're and what they miss.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideNewsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Raising kids with convictions when the culture keeps moving

Rules stop working the second you leave the room. Reasons travel. How to hand your kids something that still holds up when you're not there.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

What eight hours at a screen does to your neck, eyes and sleep

You can't quit the desk job. You can stop letting it quietly wreck three things you need working properly.

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GuideGamingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Set the time you stop, not the hours you play

Hour budgets fall apart the moment a queue pops. A fixed stop time doesn't care what's happening on screen.

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GuideMoneySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Teach your kids money before an app does it for you

Your children are learning about money right now, from you or from a screen. A practical plan by age, with the arithmetic written out.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

Why eight hours in bed doesn't feel like eight hours of sleep

You were horizontal from ten till six and you still woke up flattened. The gap between time in bed and actual sleep is where the problem usually lives.

GuideGamingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The board games that survive contact with a real family

Start with one short game, one fixed night, and a basket for the phones. Most of the work is logistics, not game selection.

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GuideLifeMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Take back the two hours your phone is quietly taking

Open your screen time settings, look at the number, then use these steps to claw back an hour or two without deleting your whole digital life.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Gaming6 min

Count sessions, not minutes, and gaming stops being a fight

Gaming5 min

Be player two instead of the referee

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

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GuideGamingSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Gaming limits that survive contact with a real household

Count sessions, not minutes, and most of the fighting over screen time stops before it starts.

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