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

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Migraine keeps a calendar and it looks like your cycle

It's the drop in estrogen that sets it off, not the level, and that one fact explains the bad week every month and the mess of perimenopause.

GuideOld SchoolCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Old Answer to I'm Bored Was a Bucket and a Job List

Three months, no camps, no schedule, and a screen door that slammed forty times a day. What that actually taught kids, and how to run a version of it this week.

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The Stuff Nobody Told Me at Twenty

Ear protection, the truck payment, and the one question to ask in every job interview. Cheap lessons I paid retail for.

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Forty is a scheduling problem before it's a health problem

The screenings that start in your forties, what perimenopause actually does, and how to get taken seriously when you ask.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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She Never Ordered For Me at a Restaurant and That Was the Point

Grandmothers had a whole curriculum for raising girls who don't fold, and almost none of it was a speech.

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Grown men make friends shoulder to shoulder

Texting "we should grab coffee sometime" has never once produced a friend. A Tuesday night league with a scoreboard does it in about six weeks.

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Who to call when breastfeeding hurts and what it costs

Pain past the first few seconds isn't a phase you tough out. There's a credential to look for, free help that's genuinely good, and a bill your plan may already cover.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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