School & Learning

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

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 Dunbar6 Oct 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 Ortiz5 Oct 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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Boys & Girls6 min read

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.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideYoung MenWes Dunbar5 Oct 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 Castellan5 Oct 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 Castellan5 Oct 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.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideDadsSam Ortiz5 Oct 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.

GuideBRO SeniorsCal Brennan5 Oct 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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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMilitary & VetsMarcus Vale4 Oct 20266 min

Read the Medal of Honor citation before you watch the movie

World War II's Medal of Honor citations are free to read and written in flat Army prose. That plainness is exactly why they hit so hard.

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GuideCountry BroDean Shaw3 Oct 20267 min

Set up the block so your worst swing hits wood, not your shin

Most splitting injuries are decided before the maul leaves the ground. Get the block, the stance and the wedge right, and a bad swing costs you nothing.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideMomsNina Castellan3 Oct 20267 min

Your Mower Probably Isn't Broken. The Gas Is Just Old.

Most mowers that won't start in spring just need fresh fuel and a proper pull. Start, fuel and care for one yourself, without a repair shop.

GuideMilitary & VetsMarcus Vale4 Oct 20267 min

The World War I Heroes Worth Teaching Your Kids by Name

York, Johnson and the Hello Girls are the place to start. The World War I story your kids need most is probably sitting in your family's paperwork.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

The anchors that came in the box are why the shelf fell

A cordless drill isn't hard. The clutch, the pilot hole and the right wall anchor are the whole game, and almost nobody explains them.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Dads6 min

Your daughter's standard for a husband is being set at your table

Moms6 min

The Boyfriend Who Texts Every Ten Minutes Isn't Being Sweet

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Fixing a dripping faucet starts with the valve under the sink

Most faucet repairs fail in the hardware aisle, not at the sink. Shut the water off, take it apart, then shop with the old part in your hand.

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Family6 min read

The first Saturday you let the kids roam past the mailbox

The real danger is the minivan backing out, not the stranger. Build a ladder of freedoms that both parents can sign off on.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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