Dear Abby: My nephew lacks survival skills. How do I get out of this stinky situation?

Dear Abby: My nephew lacks survival skills. How do I get out of this stinky situation?

DEAR ABBY: I suggested to my husband that he invite his nephew “Ryan” (age 26) to stay with us. Ryan definitely needed some male direction. He was homeless, jobless and didn’t even know how to apply for a job. Ryan is not mentally challenged. He simply was never taught anything until he was thrown out … Read more

Katie Nolan shreds Sophie Cunningham for controversial remarks about trans athletes: ‘Don’t have critical-thinking skills’

Katie Nolan shreds Sophie Cunningham for controversial remarks about trans athletes: ‘Don’t have critical-thinking skills’

Katie Nolan thinks Sophie Cunningham isn’t seeing the true picture when it comes to her comments on transgenders athletes partaking in women’s sports.   The Fever star expressed during a recent ESPN interview that she supports banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports because she wants to protect female athletes and that her views did … Read more

Lakers’ Bronny James shows off soccer skills ahead of World Cup final

Lakers’ Bronny James shows off soccer skills ahead of World Cup final

Bronny James is a man of many talents. James was seen showing off his soccer skills at Fanatics Fan Fest over the weekend and looked like a natural. Throughout his two-year NBA career, James has impressed with his overall ball-handling skills and footwork on the court. Both of those skills appeared to translate over to … Read more

Exclusive | Meet the rich kids of summer who fly private planes to $20K+ sleepaway camps for ‘elite’ friendships and life-building skills

Exclusive | Meet the rich kids of summer who fly private planes to K+ sleepaway camps for ‘elite’ friendships and life-building skills

For Elizabeth Weprin, the more than $250,000 she shelled over the course of nearly a decade for seven weeks of summer camp for her two daughters at Raquette Lake Camp in the Adirondacks, was priceless. Not just for the friendships her daughters would make at the program — where tuition starts at $17,450 per pup — … Read more

Camp cool: These innovative programs nurture learning, skills and adventure

Camp cool: These innovative programs nurture learning, skills and adventure

Once upon a time, camp meant coming home at the end of a day with a friendship bracelet and a sunburn. Now, campers are returning home with, as the folks at Camp Kids ‘N Comedy like to say, punchlines. They’re also coming home with robots they programmed and art projects aplenty. Ahead, eight unique camp … Read more

‘Supernanny’ Jo Frost slams ‘lazy’ parents for raising unresilient kids: ‘When did we stop teaching these life skills?’

‘Supernanny’ Jo Frost slams ‘lazy’ parents for raising unresilient kids: ‘When did we stop teaching these life skills?’

“Supernanny” Jo Frost is laying down some stone-cold truths. The 55-year-old TV personality announced that parents are all but hobbling their children with helpfulness. “I’m going to say something that might make you uncomfortable, so sit tight,” Frost said in a Facebook video. “We are slowly disabling our children,” she mic dropped. The British reality star … Read more

Smoking hot LA firefighter goes viral for his dreamy cooking skills, recipes

Smoking hot LA firefighter goes viral for his dreamy cooking skills, recipes

Move over, Gordon Ramsay. There’s a new chef turning up the heat in the kitchen, and he’s been handling major blazes for years. Scott Luft is a full-time Los Angeles firefighter stationed at Fire Station 86 in Toluca Lake who’s become something of a local legend — not just for his day job, but for … Read more

Autism breakthrough? New therapy may improve social communication skills in just days

Autism breakthrough? New therapy may improve social communication skills in just days

A new autism therapy may be on the way — and it’s got everyone talking. Researchers in China have developed a brain stimulation technique that’s showing early promise in improving social communication skills among children with autism. That could be significant, given that for many on the spectrum, communication and language challenges are some of … Read more

A new wave of AI schools is balancing life skills and machine-led learning — for as little as two hours a day

A new wave of AI schools is balancing life skills and machine-led learning — for as little as two hours a day

No textbooks, no homework, no teachers. Welcome to the future of education. At least according to Alpha School, a fast-growing network of private academies that claims to be revolutionizing education with artificial intelligence. At Alpha — which has locations in Austin, Miami, San Francisco and New York City, and charges tuition of up to $65,000 … Read more

Mom’s brutal takedown of men’s parenting skills sparks viral debate: ‘Prove me wrong’

Mom’s brutal takedown of men’s parenting skills sparks viral debate: ‘Prove me wrong’

She said what she said. A woman’s hot take on how dads should know how to care for their kids without a list of instructions from mom has stirred up an important discussion about gender roles. Lisa Koerner posted a video in which the Arizona native shared her “unpopular opinion” about parental responsibility — and … Read more

Paris Jackson details her ‘very hard’ sobriety journey: I had no ‘survival skills’

Paris Jackson details her ‘very hard’ sobriety journey: I had no ‘survival skills’

Paris Jackson is celebrating six years of sobriety with a powerful message. Michael Jackson’s 27-year-old daughter shared an Instagram post Saturday where she reflected on her journey to beating her battle with addiction. “Getting sober ain’t always the indication that life is perfect,” Paris wrote. “A few years in it all got very very hard. … Read more

Teacher shocked by students’ lack of basic classroom skills: ‘It’s scaring me’

Teacher shocked by students’ lack of basic classroom skills: ‘It’s scaring me’

Are kids these days doomed? A concerned middle school teacher recently took to social media to explain the lack of reading and problem-solving skills in her teen students. “I don’t understand how these kids ended up at this point,” a Dallas, Texas, teacher named Ms. L said about her 8th-grade students in a now-viral TikTok … Read more

Education costs are higher than ever — yet teens aren’t learning basic life skills. Here’s what they need

Education costs are higher than ever — yet teens aren’t learning basic life skills. Here’s what they need

Parents across the country are shelling out more money than ever before on education costs for their children. In New York City, the average private school parent is paying $27,322 for high school tuition, with some prestigious schools topping $70,000. Additionally, families are making enormous expenditures on back-to-school supplies as well as tutoring, test prep, … Read more

I’m Jennifer Aniston’s trainer — forget ‘no pain, no gain,’ these are the most important exercise skills to work on

I’m Jennifer Aniston’s trainer — forget ‘no pain, no gain,’ these are the most important exercise skills to work on

Jennifer Aniston is done with the “no pain, no gain” mindet. “That’s not true at all. You can actually have gain with no pain,” she told People earlier this year. Now her personal trainer has broken down what that means on a practical level, telling The Post which exercises are crucial — and how you … Read more

Here’s the generation with the best parenting skills: ‘We’re not helicopter parents – we’re gliders’

Here’s the generation with the best parenting skills: ‘We’re not helicopter parents – we’re gliders’

For a while there, Gen X parents were barely part of the parenting conversation. We weren’t hosting parenting podcasts. We weren’t going viral on TikTok for Bento box ideas. We were just… quietly getting on with it – packing recess, setting boundaries, and confiscating iPads like it was our job (because, well, it kind of is). Look, I firmly … Read more

Yankees draft Rory Fox after Notre Dame pitcher shows off skills against athlete girlfriend

Yankees draft Rory Fox after Notre Dame pitcher shows off skills against athlete girlfriend

Rory Fox will begin his professional baseball career with the Yankees organization in a few weeks, but for now, he’s honing his skills against his girlfriend. Fox, whom the Yankees selected 194th overall in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday, got some final pre-draft work in over the weekend against his … Read more

Entry-level jobs are disappearing — Gen Z should learn these crucial skills to get hired

Entry-level jobs are disappearing — Gen Z should learn these crucial skills to get hired

AI in, Gen Z out. Experts are warning that entry-level jobs may be disappearing, leaving Gen Z unemployed. Entry-level jobs may be shifting or all together disappearing leaving Gen Z on the job hunt. LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS – stock.adobe.com This generation of young workers, expected to make up about 30% of the global workforce by 2030, … Read more

Sean Combs is relying on his celebrity skills in court — but it’s a dangerous gamble: source

Sean Combs is relying on his celebrity skills in court — but it’s a dangerous gamble: source

It’s the most important performance of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ life. The rapper/actor/showman has apparently been treating the US District Court in Lower Manhattan as his stage as he is on trial fighting charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. He has allegedly been working so hard to charm the jury that the judge has ordered him … Read more

Gen Z is signing up for ‘Adulting 101’ classes — because they can’t handle even basic life skills: ‘A lot of stuff involves money’

Gen Z is signing up for ‘Adulting 101’ classes — because they can’t handle even basic life skills: ‘A lot of stuff involves money’

They can code TikToks in their sleep — but can’t cook rice without a YouTube tutorial. Gen Z is flocking to “Adulting 101” crash courses, desperate to learn what previous generations might call common sense: how to do laundry, budgeting for rent or navigating a grocery store without Googling “what is a turnip?” “I don’t … Read more

‘The Amateur,’ Rami Malek and His Particular Outsider Set of Skills

‘The Amateur,’ Rami Malek and His Particular Outsider Set of Skills

The first time the world got a good look at Rami Malek, computer screens were reflected more often than not in his distinctive peepers. As the star of “Mr. Robot,” Sam Esmail’s zeitgeisty TV series about a psychologically damaged hacker’s fight against the billionaire class, Malek seemed a creature of zeros and ones, shrinking into … Read more