How to Handle Holiday Tipping When Money Is Tight

You may reliably tip your dog walker, hairstylist, or babysitter for their time and services. But do you remember to give those same people an end-of-year bonus tip or gift? It turns out, we may not all be as diligent about handing out holiday tips or gifts to service providers as we might have expected

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

Teach Your Kids the Red Flags of Online Predators

There are a slew of things for parents to be concerned about as our kids begin to navigate social media, online multiplayer games and the wider Internet on their own. There’s cyber bulling, hate speech and porn, to start with. But sexual predators also should be at the top of the list, having found online multiplayer…

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

How to Be Nice, With Comedian Josh Gondelman

Josh Gondelman, a.k.a. “The Nicest Guy in Comedy,” joins us this week to talk about what being nice really is, when it’s a quality that is not helpful, and the difference between “nice-ness” and “goodness”. Josh is a Peabody- and Emmy-winning comedy writer who has worked on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and is…

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Author: Micaela Heck