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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

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

The filters, settings and house rules that work on a seven-year-old, plus the one sentence that does more than all of them combined.

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

Your teen can't fall asleep at 10 and it isn't defiance

Set the Lines With Coworkers, Exes and Screens Now

Almost nobody decides to wreck a marriage. They just let one friendship get warmer than the one at home. Name the rules while it's still easy.

GuideOld SchoolCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Old Answer to I'm Bored Was a Bucket and a Job List

Three months, no camps, no schedule, and a screen door that slammed forty times a day. What that actually taught kids, and how to run a version of it this week.

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GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Postpartum depression hits fathers too and nobody screens them

What it actually looks like in a new mother, what it looks like in a new father, and the calls worth making before month three.

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BRO for Her6 min read

Filters buy you time, the talks do the actual work

A practical pass at the router, the accounts and the apps your kids actually use, plus the exact things to say when a filter can't help.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

BRO TakeDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid should be able to sit in a waiting room

Boredom isn't a problem for you to solve. It's a skill, the first twenty minutes are ugly, and you're the one who has to hold the line.

GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Get The Phones Out Of Your Bedroom And Off Your Table

A cheap alarm clock, a charger in the kitchen, and a rule you both agreed to. That's most of it. The hard part is the first two weeks.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

Cut your screen time without deleting a single app

Deleting Instagram lasts about four days. Friction, honest counting and a plan for the gap will last years.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

BRO TakeDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

You Can't Firewall The Bus Ride Home

Content filters buy you time with your kid, not immunity. What to set up, what to say out loud, and the one house rule that keeps him talking to you.

GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Phone Rules Your Teenager Can't Quietly Route Around

Most house phone rules fail within a fortnight because they depend on a fifteen-year-old's cooperation. Build ones that don't.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Screen rules that hold up when you're tired

Most house screen rules collapse because they need a referee. Build the ones that enforce themselves instead.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Screen rules that hold up on a Tuesday night

Most family screen policies collapse in the first hard week. The ones that survive are shorter, dumber and built around places instead of minutes.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Stool test or colonoscopy, and how to pick one you'll do

Four ways to screen for colon cancer, what each one misses, and how to get through prep without torching a work week.

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

How To Screen A Tenant Without Landing In Court

Write your standards down before the listing goes live, apply them to every applicant, and keep the paper. That's most of the job.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

The Old Action Movies That Still Work on a Modern Screen

You can draw the floor plan of Nakatomi Plaza from memory. That's not nostalgia, that's filmmaking, and here's which ones earned it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Fitness6 min

Dry, tired eyes from screens and AC, and what actually helps

Health6 min

Screens Aren't Ruining Your Eyes. Skipping the Exam Might.

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GuideDogs & PetsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Pick a Vet Before You Actually Need One

Choose the practice on a quiet Tuesday, not at midnight with a dog who ate a sock. Here's the phone screen, the walk-in test, and the questions that matter.

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Movies & TV5 min read

Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish

A working plan for the couch: which classics hold a seven-year-old, which ones need a warning first, and the fifteen-minute trick that beats black-and-white resistance.

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What was your first ever job?

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Screens in Boys & Girls

Latest news · Screens

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

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

Stop Rescuing Your Kids From Boredom

The Bedtime Routine That Ends the Fourth Trip Downstairs

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

Your teen can't fall asleep at 10 and it isn't defiance

Set the Lines With Coworkers, Exes and Screens Now

The Old Answer to I'm Bored Was a Bucket and a Job List

Postpartum depression hits fathers too and nobody screens them

Filters buy you time, the talks do the actual work

Your kid should be able to sit in a waiting room

Get The Phones Out Of Your Bedroom And Off Your Table

Cut your screen time without deleting a single app

You Can't Firewall The Bus Ride Home

Phone Rules Your Teenager Can't Quietly Route Around

Screen rules that hold up when you're tired

Screen rules that hold up on a Tuesday night

Stool test or colonoscopy, and how to pick one you'll do

How To Screen A Tenant Without Landing In Court

The Old Action Movies That Still Work on a Modern Screen

Dry, tired eyes from screens and AC, and what actually helps

Screens Aren't Ruining Your Eyes. Skipping the Exam Might.

How to Pick a Vet Before You Actually Need One

Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish