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Kick the Can Still Works, If You Let Kids Run It

The old backyard games cost nothing and teach more than most leagues. The trick is teaching the rules once and then getting out of the way.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan1 Oct 20266 min

Phone-free dinners start with the phone in your own pocket

Most no-phones-at-the-table rules die by Wednesday, and the kids aren't usually the ones who kill them. How to start it so it sticks.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Build your car kit for the ninety-minute wait, not the photo

Most roadside kits are packed for the picture on the box. This one's packed for a dead battery, a flat tire, and a long, cold wait for the tow truck.

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Boys & Girls6 min read

Stop Planning Outdoor Time and Make It the Default

Kids don't need another park trip. They need a back door that opens every afternoon and a parent who won't cave when the whining starts.

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GuideMomsNina Castellan1 Oct 20266 min

Start the Teen Screen Reset With Your Own Phone

The fight over your teenager's phone usually isn't about the phone. Change who goes first and most of the war never starts.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

The dashboard lights that mean stop the car now

Red, amber and green aren't decoration. Learn which lights give you a week and which give you thirty seconds.

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GuideBoys & GirlsCal Brennan1 Oct 20267 min

Your kid's bored. Good. Now don't fix it.

The whining is the toll. The fort, the comic or the backyard invention shows up about twenty minutes later, if you don't step in first.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideDadsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

Your kids can't tell work email from scrolling

To a seven-year-old, every look at your phone is the same look. Change what they see, and the house rules start to stick.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

The tire pressure light is a late warning

By the time that little horseshoe lights up, a tire's already 25 percent low. A gauge, a quarter and two minutes a month get you ahead of it.

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GuideCommunitySam Ortiz1 Oct 20267 min

The Block Party Host's Real Job Is Handing Out Jobs

The host who does everything throws one party. The host who hands out the work starts a tradition the whole street keeps.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

Let your teenager write the first draft of the phone rules

The family tech agreement that survives past October is the one your kid wrote half of, with one clause in it about you.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Red on dead, and the black clamp nobody gets right

Four clamps, one order, and the last connection that keeps a jump-start from becoming a spark next to a battery. Learn it once.

StoryOld SchoolNina Castellan1 Oct 20266 min

Sunday dinner lasted forty years because Grandma never moved it

The roast went in at ten-thirty and dinner was at two, every week. How to bring back a family meal that sticks.

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GuideBoys & GirlsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

The Free Birthday Traditions Your Kid Will Remember at Thirty

The party fades by Tuesday. The pencil line on the doorframe doesn't. Pick a few rituals that cost nothing, and never skip them.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

BRO for Her7 min

Check your own oil, then change it once yourself

BRO Seniors6 min

Your life story, two minutes and one question at a time

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideMomsNina Castellan1 Oct 20266 min

Write Down Exactly What They Said, the Same Night

Your kids' funniest lines fade by Thursday. A five-year notebook, a pen on the counter and thirty seconds a night will keep them forever.

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BRO for Her6 min read

Change your first flat in the driveway, not on the shoulder

The jack is easy. The lug nuts are the hard part, and they give way to leverage, not muscle. A step-by-step you can practice this Saturday.

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