School & Learning

Choosing schools, paying for college, homeschooling, trade school and learning at any age.

Feminism kept some promises and quietly broke the big one

The wins were real and worth defending. So was the bill, and nobody itemized it. What to keep, what to refuse, and how to pick your own order.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Garden, walk and keep working into your eighties

Motion with a reason beats a gym membership you'll quit. How to set up the yard, the route and the job so you're still doing all three at eighty-five.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Chase the next thing without resenting this one

Ambition with no finish line eats your house. Contentment with no project turns into a recliner. You need both, and they live in different rooms.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Take over the one thing your parent always did

The paperwork ends in six weeks. The meaning question shows up in month four, and it answers to work, not to thinking.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideCountry BroCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The concrete dust you can't see is the part that gets you

Cutting block, pavers or a slab on your own place? The rules are simple, the gear is cheap, and the damage doesn't heal.

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Skip the comeback speech and write the plan instead

Resolve at midnight is cheap. What gets you back on your feet is one page, three dates and a phone call you don't want to make.</title> <dek>Resolve at midnight is cheap. What gets you back on your feet is one page, three dates and a phone call you don't want to make.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty minutes of quiet is a scheduling problem, not a luxury

You don't find quiet in the gaps, because the gaps always get filled. You put it on the calendar, give it a start time, and defend it like a dentist appointment.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideYoung MenSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

The most dangerous part of a 12 hour shift is the drive home

Tiredness doesn't announce itself, which is exactly why it wins. What to watch for on a long shift, and what to do before it costs you.

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Why humility reads like confidence and ego reads like fear

The man who can say "that's mine, I'll fix it" in eleven seconds has more authority than the one who never admits anything.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Build a floor before you try to build a plan

A season you didn't choose doesn't respond to optimism. It responds to three small things you do whether you feel like it or not.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What to ask on the ward when you're the family advocate

Somebody has to run the room when your mother gets admitted. These are the questions that actually change what happens to her.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Forgive him without pretending it didn't happen

Dropping the debt doesn't mean handing back the keys. How to let a man off the hook and still keep your eyes open.

BRO TakeBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Forgive the debt without handing back the keys

You can cancel what your sister owes you and still not leave the kids there overnight. Those are two different decisions, and only one of them is about the past.