Life skills by topic

Exercise for beginners: push-ups, getting up off the floor without your hands, stretching tight hips and riding a bike, with how much activity adults need.

Personal hygiene basics explained plainly: washing your hands properly, brushing for two minutes, how often to wash your hair and how to put in a tampon.

Practical help with grief and loss: what to say to someone grieving, sympathy cards, obituaries, what to wear to a funeral, and why grief comes in waves.

How to calm down when worry takes over: slow breathing, grounding, naming feelings and stopping overthinking, and when stress needs help. Crisis: call 988.

Newborn care basics for new parents: swaddling and when to stop, burping, which way the car seat faces, handwashing, and the emergency skills to learn first.

Personal finance basics in eight lessons: a monthly budget, APR, credit card minimums, high-yield savings, the rule of 72, beneficiaries and writing a check.

Home fire safety in seven lessons: smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, two ways out, putting out a pan fire, using an extinguisher and cleaning a dryer vent.

First aid basics for the minutes before help arrives: calling 911, hands-only CPR, using an AED, choking, heavy bleeding and the recovery position.

The common scams by phone, text and email, how to spot each one, and how to lock down your phone and accounts with two-factor login and call blocking.

Food safety at home in six lessons: storing raw meat, thawing chicken, safe cooking temperatures, leftovers, bad eggs and date labels. USDA and Health Canada.

Basic cooking skills for feeding yourself without a recipe: rice, eggs, chopping safely, measuring accurately, cast iron care and five dinners from memory.

House cleaning and laundry basics: cleaning a toilet and shower, doing a load of laundry, reading care labels, removing blood stains and cleaners never to mix.

Six basic knots for daily life: shoelaces that stay tied, a square knot, a bowline, a clove hitch, a necktie knot and a ribbon bow, with how to check each.

Basic DIY skills that save a repair bill: stripped screws, broken zippers, buttons, wiper blades, tire pressure, a flat tire and hanging a heavy picture.