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GuideSam Ortiz29 Sept 20267 min

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

You don't need a real court or a real net. You need sidewalk chalk, twenty feet of rope and the patience to skip the serve for a month.

How to Teach a Kid to Lose Without Losing It

Flipped game boards, tears on the sideline, the long car ride home. A practical plan for raising a child who can take a loss and shake the hand.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

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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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Telling Kids the Hard News Without Handing Them Your Fear

Your eight-year-old heard something on the car radio. What you say in the next ninety seconds matters more than anything you say later.

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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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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

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.

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.

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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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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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.

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.

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Discipline Without Yelling Starts With Saying It Once

The volume isn't the problem. The problem is the fourth warning, and the kid who already knows you don't mean the first three.</the>

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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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GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

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.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

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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GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

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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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Raise a Girl Who Is Kind and Still Says No

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Raise a Boy Strong Enough to Be Gentle

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The one-page ask that gets pickleball lines on your park's courts

Parks departments say no to complaints and yes to finished plans. Walk in with the court picked, the tennis crowd on board and the work covered.

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The Saturday pickleball date works if nobody coaches

Mixed doubles with your spouse can be the best hour of your week or a silent drive home. The difference is almost never the paddle.

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Grade school in Boys & Girls

Latest news · Grade school

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

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

The Under 100 Dollar Birthday Party Kids Actually Remember

Make Grandparents a Weekly Habit, Not a Holiday

First Tools for Kids Start With a 10-Ounce Hammer

Teaching a Kid to Tell the Truth When It Costs Him Something

How to Teach a Kid to Lose Without Losing It

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

Telling Kids the Hard News Without Handing Them Your Fear

Help a Shy Child Make One Friend, Not Ten

Twenty Summer Projects Kids Will Actually Finish

Read the Report Card Backwards

Stop Rescuing Your Kids From Boredom

Give Your Kids Their Saturdays Back, Mud and All

The Bedtime Routine That Ends the Fourth Trip Downstairs

Discipline Without Yelling Starts With Saying It Once

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

Three Jars and a Stack of Ones

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

Raising a Kid Who Looks People in the Eye

Raise a Girl Who Is Kind and Still Says No

Raise a Boy Strong Enough to Be Gentle

The one-page ask that gets pickleball lines on your park's courts

The Saturday pickleball date works if nobody coaches