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How to search anything on iPhone, Galaxy and Pixel

GuideSam Ortiz1 Oct 20267 min

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

The old backyard games cost nothing and teach more than most leagues. The trick is teaching the rules once and then getting out of the way.

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.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

A nightly read-aloud habit survives on twelve minutes, a bookmark, and a list you don't have to think about. Steal mine.

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Phone-free dinners start with the phone in your own pocket

Most no-phones-at-the-table rules die by Wednesday, and the kids aren't usually the ones who kill them. How to start it so it sticks.

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Moms6 min read

Start the Teen Screen Reset With Your Own Phone

The fight over your teenager's phone usually isn't about the phone. Change who goes first and most of the war never starts.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideDadsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

Your kids can't tell work email from scrolling

To a seven-year-old, every look at your phone is the same look. Change what they see, and the house rules start to stick.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your teen can't fall asleep at 10 and it isn't defiance

The body clock really does move in adolescence. You can't argue it back, but you can work with it, and most of the fix happens in the morning.</title> <dek>The body clock really does move in adolescence. You can't argue it back, but you can work with it, and most of the fix happens in the morning.

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GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Set the Lines With Coworkers, Exes and Screens Now

Almost nobody decides to wreck a marriage. They just let one friendship get warmer than the one at home. Name the rules while it's still easy.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideDadsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

Let your teenager write the first draft of the phone rules

The family tech agreement that survives past October is the one your kid wrote half of, with one clause in it about you.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Postpartum depression hits fathers too and nobody screens them

What it actually looks like in a new mother, what it looks like in a new father, and the calls worth making before month three.

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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.