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How to teach a teenager to spot a sales pitch

The tell isn't the hashtag. It's the discount code with the creator's own name in it, and your kid can learn to find it in ten seconds.

GuideTravelNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Plan the Christmas town trip backward from sunset

The lights are the whole point, and they're on for about two hours before the kids melt down. Everything else is logistics.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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Guide100 ThingsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

100 Things Every Kid Should Do Before Twelve

The window shuts at thirteen, when everything a kid tries starts getting graded by his friends. So start Saturday.

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Media Literacy5 min read

Teach Your Kid to Check It Before They Believe It

A five-minute drill that turns a screenshot, a clip or a poll into something your kid can verify without you in the room.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to do Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown in one week

There are two Jamestowns and two Yorktowns, and nobody warns you. Get the order right and 174 years of American history lands for your kids.

Guide100 ThingsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

100 Things Every Woman Should Know How to Do

From backing a trailer to praying over your kids by name, the skills that make a woman almost impossible to rattle.

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GuideMedia LiteracyDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

How to Tell When the Chatbot Is Making It Up

A confident answer isn't a checked one. Six moves that catch an invented citation before it ends up in your email, your brief or your kid's homework.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideTravelNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Washington, DC with kids without walking them into the ground

The Mall is two miles of gravel with no shade. Here's the booking list, the one-museum rule, and why the monuments are better at night.

Guide100 ThingsCal Brennan23 Sept 20267 min

100 Things Every Dad Should Teach His Kids Before They Leave Home

You get about 6,570 days with them under your roof. Spend a few of them on this list.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsDean Shaw23 Sept 20268 min

Do Your Road Trip Checks Three Days Before You Leave

Tires, route, kids and the breakdown kit, in the order that actually works. Most of it happens on a Wednesday, not at 5 a.m. Saturday.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideTravelNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

The two-hour stop clock that keeps the back seat happy

A snack ration system, a stop rhythm you announce out loud, and four games that survive hour three of a long drive.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBooksSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

What to Read Aloud to Your Kids, Age by Age

A working list of read-aloud books from board books to Tolkien, with the mature content flagged and the ones that flop marked.

GuideGuides & ChecklistsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

How to Teach Your Kid to Swim Without Floaties

A ten step progression you can run yourself, in your own pool, in fifteen minute sessions, starting with a kid who won't put his face in.

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

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GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The Route 66 stretches still worth driving with kids

Most of the old road is frontage pavement beside an interstate. These are the segments that actually earn a tank of gas and a day of your vacation.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Books6 min

Thrillers That Cost You Sleep and Not Your Conscience

Guides & Checklists6 min

How to Teach Your Teen to Drive, Parking Lot to Highway

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideHistoryDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Seven Historic Stops Worth Making the Kids Sit in the Car

Valley Forge to the Alamo, the places where the story actually happened, what to see when you get there, and the parts nobody puts on the brochure.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Science & Space6 min read

Five Saturday Science Projects That Actually Teach Something

The baking soda volcano is a dud. These five take an afternoon, cost almost nothing, and give your kids something they can change and test again.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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