Put Brown Butter on Summer Produce

Picking fresh produce and eating fresh produce are two of my favorite summertime activities. I make “salads” that are really just piles of raw corn, eat juicy peaches over the sink, and down bowls of berries swimming in heavy cream. I never had much reason to get anything cooked involved, until the geniuses at Food…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

How to Encourage Kindness in Kids

We teach our kids kindness by modeling kindness ourselves, talking to them about kindness, and praising them when we catch them being kind. We can also teach it with fuzzy pom-pom balls.

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

How to Calm Rowdy Kids, According to Teachers

The idea of throwing a party for a gaggle of your kid’s friends sounds great in theory, but dealing with an additional five (six? Eight? A dozen?) children requires a special set of skills—the very kind a teacher has, in spades.

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Author: Jaclyn Youhana Garver on Offspring, shared by Jaclyn Youhana Garver to Lifehacker

You Should Increase Your Retirement Contribution, Like, Now

There’s good news for Americans saving for retirement: We’re getting better and better at actually doing it, according to a new survey from Bankrate.com. The percentage of people who have increased their contributions in the past year has almost doubled since 2011, with 29% increasing their contributions. Forty-six…

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Author: Lisa Rowan on Two Cents, shared by Lisa Rowan to Lifehacker

You Won’t See Quantum Internet Coming

The quantum internet is coming sooner than you think—even sooner than quantum computing itself. When things change over, you might not even notice. But when they do, new rules will protect your data against attacks from computers that don’t even exist yet.

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Author: Ryan F. Mandelbaum on Gizmodo, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

How to Share Your Music in macOS Catalina

When macOS Catalina finally drops, you’re going to notice a number of big changes. One of the more memorable ones is Apple’s grand transformation of iTunes into standalone Music, Video, and Podcast apps. We love the move, but it does lead to a few questions, like “How do you share media around your house?”

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Author: David Murphy