Boys & Girls

Raising kids from toddler to twelve. Character, chores, school, screens and the childhood they will thank you for.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

The Screen-Time ResetThe honest why, a 30-day reset challenge, 100 things to do instead and a family tech agreement you can print.Start the reset

GuideSam Ortiz6 Oct 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.

Stop Planning Outdoor Time and Make It the Default

From the Boys & Girls archive

Older stories

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Raise a Boy Strong Enough to Be Gentle

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Raise a Girl Who Is Kind and Still Says No

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Raising a Kid Who Looks People in the Eye

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Three Jars and a Stack of Ones

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

What Your Four, Eight and Twelve Year Old Can Actually Do

Boys & Girls on video

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Dad University21 May

Teaching Kids Manners – Being Polite & Respectful | Dad University

TED14 Sept

The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy | Becky Kennedy | TED

Learning with Love13 Jun

HOW TO TEACH KIDS TO BE POLITE - 20 tips for great manners!

Live On Purpose TV15 Aug

Teaching Children Respect In 10 Minutes Or Less

The Eclectic Homeschooler4 Apr

How Our Kids Do CHORES... Without Me Nagging!

Nicholeen Peck - Teaching Self Government29 May

How To Get Kids To Do Chores Without Nagging

Jordan Page, FunCheapOrFree26 May

Allowance system for 8 kids! What we pay, chores, teaching kids about money + more! | Jordan Page

Nicholeen Peck - Teaching Self Government26 Jan

How To Teach Responsibility To A Child

The Ramsey Show Highlights17 May

How To Motivate Kids To Do Chores?

Ode to Abode26 Oct

HOW TO TEACH YOUR KIDS TO DO CHORES | TRIED & TRUE METHODS AND TIPS + A SIMPLE SYSTEM THAT WORKS

Cassie Dilley Coaching1 Nov

TEACHING KIDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE: Why young kids should do chores and how to start a chore system

NACD (National Association for Child Development)30 Mar

Teaching Responsibility: Chores

Marriage Kids and Money26 Jul

Why Kids Should Do Chores at Home (And How To Get Started)

ParentingPuzzlePod18 Jul

The Art of Teaching Kids Responsibility Through Chores

Christian Homemaking Podcast - Mystie Winckler8 May

Ditch the Chore Chart: A Better Way to Teach Kids Responsibility

Fields Full House2 Mar

How to Train Your Kids to do CHORES || Large Family

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Teaching kids house chores = adulting skills + basic life skills RESPONSIBILITY: They learn to take responsibility and contributing to the family. INDEPENDENCE: Kids become more self-sufficient, and can do things on their own. TEAMWORK: Chores promote family collaboration and bonding. LIFE SKILLS: T

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Answering the frequently asked question of how I have created well behaved and respectful children. I truly believe following these methods is why I rarely have to discipline my kids now that they are 4 and 6. Parenting is a full time job and one we should take very seriously #fyp #momcontent #paren

Boys & Girls quizzes

Quiz yourself, then your friends

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GuideCal 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.

GuideSam 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.

Ask BRO

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

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GuideSam Ortiz29 Sept 20267 min

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

You don't need a real court or a real net. You need sidewalk chalk, twenty feet of rope and the patience to skip the serve for a month.

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Set Up the Internet for Your Kid Before They Can Argue Back

The filters, settings and house rules that work on a seven-year-old, plus the one sentence that does more than all of them combined.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The Under 100 Dollar Birthday Party Kids Actually Remember

Skip the trampoline park package. Two hours, one big idea, and a cake your kid helped wreck beats anything you can rent.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Make Grandparents a Weekly Habit, Not a Holiday

The grandparent bond isn't built at Christmas. It's built on a standing Sunday call with a job attached, and it changes both of them.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

First Tools for Kids Start With a 10-Ounce Hammer

Buy the real hammer, not the plastic one, then give your kid a job that actually needed doing. Here's what fits small hands and what goes wrong.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Teaching a Kid to Tell the Truth When It Costs Him Something

Honesty isn't a speech you give once. It's a price you set, and most parents accidentally set it too high.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

How to Teach a Kid to Lose Without Losing It

Flipped game boards, tears on the sideline, the long car ride home. A practical plan for raising a child who can take a loss and shake the hand.

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

When to Give Your Kid a Phone and What the Rules Should Say

Skip the birthday-number debate. Use a ladder of devices, a written contract, and one rule most families forget until it's too late.

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Telling Kids the Hard News Without Handing Them Your Fear

Your eight-year-old heard something on the car radio. What you say in the next ninety seconds matters more than anything you say later.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Help a Shy Child Make One Friend, Not Ten

Ninety minutes, one kid, your living room floor. The quiet way shy children build a real friendship, and the pushing that backfires.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty Summer Projects Kids Will Actually Finish

A treehouse, a lemonade stand, a garden bed, and seventeen more — with the parts the instructions leave out.

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GuideAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Read the Report Card Backwards

The letter grades are the least useful part of the page. Start with attendance, then conduct, then the comments, and you'll actually know your kid.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

5 min

Stop Rescuing Your Kids From Boredom

6 min

Give Your Kids Their Saturdays Back, Mud and All

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

Ask it

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Bedtime Routine That Ends the Fourth Trip Downstairs

Fill the water cup before the story, not after lights out. The rest of the routine follows from that one move.

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6 min read

Discipline Without Yelling Starts With Saying It Once

The volume isn't the problem. The problem is the fourth warning, and the kid who already knows you don't mean the first three.</the>

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

Older articles

Older Boys & Girls stories

Boys & Girls

Sorry Is the Cheap Part of an Apology

Give Your Kid a Job Somebody Else Is Counting On

The cheapest money mistake your kid will ever make

Saying No Without Losing Friends, and the Scripts That Help

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

Stop Planning Outdoor Time and Make It the Default

From the Boys & Girls archive

Raise a Boy Strong Enough to Be Gentle

Raise a Girl Who Is Kind and Still Says No

Raising a Kid Who Looks People in the Eye

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

Three Jars and a Stack of Ones

What Your Four, Eight and Twelve Year Old Can Actually Do

Worth an hour of your evening

Quiz yourself, then your friends

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

The Free Birthday Traditions Your Kid Will Remember at Thirty

The Driveway Pickleball Court Starts at the Kitchen Line

Set Up the Internet for Your Kid Before They Can Argue Back

The Under 100 Dollar Birthday Party Kids Actually Remember

Make Grandparents a Weekly Habit, Not a Holiday

First Tools for Kids Start With a 10-Ounce Hammer

Teaching a Kid to Tell the Truth When It Costs Him Something

How to Teach a Kid to Lose Without Losing It

When to Give Your Kid a Phone and What the Rules Should Say

Telling Kids the Hard News Without Handing Them Your Fear

Help a Shy Child Make One Friend, Not Ten

Twenty Summer Projects Kids Will Actually Finish

Read the Report Card Backwards

Stop Rescuing Your Kids From Boredom

Give Your Kids Their Saturdays Back, Mud and All

The Bedtime Routine That Ends the Fourth Trip Downstairs

Discipline Without Yelling Starts With Saying It Once