If You Don’t Know What to Say to a Kid, Try This

If you haven’t yet seen Saturday Night Live’s “Duolingo for Talking to Children” sketch, we highly recommend it. It’s funny because it’s true: Talking to kids can be surprisingly intimidating. Should I ask them about school? Doesn’t everyone ask them about school? Wait, are they even old enough to be in school?

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

Use the Instant Pot to combine the best of lentil and French onion soups

Lentil soup does not need to be made in an Instant Pot, as you can whip up a good lentil soup in less than 40 minutes on the stove. Recipes for Instant Pot lentil soup will say the process takes eight minutes, but once you’ve sautéed your vegetables (in batches, as to not overcrowd), brought your pot up to pressure,…

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Author: Allison Robicelli on The Takeout, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

Watch Out for This Airbnb Scam

Just last month, we wrote about a couple that was swindled out of nearly $12,000 on Airbnb because of a phony listing. But according to a report by senior staff writer Allie Conti for Vice—who fell victim to a scam played on Airbnb users in several major cities—scammers on the platform are becoming a hell of a lot…

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Author: Josh Ocampo

10 Ways To Brighten Your Desk Because It’s Going To Get Dark At Like 4:30 Now

Daylight saving time runs from March through November, giving us later sunrises and sunsets. Then, for reasons I will never understand, we go back to “normal” time, where we reach pitch-black night around 4:30 in parts of the country during the winter months. As we fight over getting rid of daylight saving time…

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Author: Marshall Bright on The Inventory, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker

Take Advantage of the Time Change to Start Working Out Early

I’m a reluctant morning exerciser. I hate waking up at 6, but my day goes better when I get my workout in early. This week is a special week, then, for folks like me (and commenter Sailor Jupiter, who thinks like I do). The time change has gifted us with an extra morning hour. Waking up, the hardest task of the day, …

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker