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You can't pick their friends, but you can own the garage

Banning a bad friend rarely works. Shaping who your kid meets, and where they hang out, works a lot better.

GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Sorry Is the Cheap Part of an Apology

Two syllables shouted at the ceiling don't fix anything. Teach your kid to own it, repair it and do better, and the word will start meaning something.

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ReviewGadgetsDean ShawOct 6, 20266 min

The doorbell that talks back, and the mailman who saw through it

A smart doorbell can greet the mail carrier from your phone. Grandpa tried it from the garage, with the garage door wide open.

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Family6 min read

Stop paying your kids for the wrong things

Most parents pay for chores that should be free and hand over the things that should be earned. Flip it, and watch what happens to your kid.

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GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Give Your Kid a Job Somebody Else Is Counting On

Cleaning his own room teaches tidiness. Feeding the dog before dinner teaches something bigger. Chores by age, built on that one idea.

GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 6, 20266 min

Give Your Kid the Exact Words Before They Need Them

Your kids already know right from wrong. What they're missing at 9:40 on a Friday night is the sentence that gets them out of the room.

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GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

The pause your kid needs gets built on the boring days

Count to ten doesn't work on a furious seven-year-old. A named, practiced, one-second stop does, and your own temper is the lesson plan.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideBoys & GirlsRay OkonkwoOct 6, 20267 min

The cheapest money mistake your kid will ever make

A bad purchase costs nine dollars at age ten and nine thousand at twenty-five. Teach money in the right order and let the cheap lessons happen.

GuideBRO SeniorsWes DunbarOct 6, 20267 min

Stop halving the family recipes and buy smaller pans

Your kitchen was built to feed five. Cooking well for one or two starts with fixing that, not with doing math on the old casserole recipe.

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GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 5, 20266 min

The real goal of Saturday pancakes is sleeping in

Hand over one job at a time, never take the spatula back, and someday you'll wake up to breakfast you didn't make.

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GuideBoys & GirlsSam OrtizOct 6, 20266 min

Saying No Without Losing Friends, and the Scripts That Help

Most kids aren't too weak to say no. They just over-explain. Teach them the short no and the warm yes, and the rest gets easier.

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GuideYoung MenWes DunbarOct 5, 20267 min

Ten meals every adult should cook, and the one list that covers them

Ten dishes that teach every technique you'll need, all built from one grocery run. Learn them and nobody in your house goes hungry.

GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Grandma's recipe isn't on the card. It's in her hands.

The index card says "flour enough." Here's how to stand in her kitchen and find out exactly how much enough is, before nobody can tell you.

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GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 5, 20266 min

Teach Them on Saturday So They Can Cook on Tuesday

What a five, eight and twelve-year-old can really handle in the kitchen, and the timing trick that keeps you from giving up on it.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideWoodworkingDean ShawOct 5, 20267 min

Build a pair of sawhorses you're allowed to cut into

Five two-by-fours, one afternoon, and a design that expects you to saw through it. The best first shop project there is.

GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 5, 20266 min

Give your kid one tomato plant and keep your hands off it

The plant teaches patience. You just have to stop rescuing it. A season-long plan with buckets, radishes and one warm tomato.

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GuideBRO SeniorsCal BrennanOct 5, 20266 min

Grow vegetables at counter height and leave your knees out of it

A patio garden that never asks you to kneel, lift a full pot, or haul a watering can. Start with the height, and the rest gets easy.

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Cars6 min read

Detroit's best idea was a big engine in a cheap car

The muscle car began as a loophole, a price tag and a few engineers who knew exactly who was buying. That's still the formula worth chasing.

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