If you've recently made the decision to transition from your biological gender to your natural gender, you may feel like you're facing a complicated maze of personal and legal decisions. One area that may often go overlooked is health insurance -- however, your ability to purchase and maintain insurance that covers the treatments and medications you need while transitioning can be crucial to your physical and mental health. As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to expand (with its provisions forbidding insurance providers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity), some aspects of the insurance maze may be made simpler, while others become much more nuanced.

If your central air conditioner lies at the heart of keeping your home cool and comfortable, then consider your thermostat as the brains of the operation. Your thermostat is designed to control when and how your central A/C system provides cooling comfort. However, it's not immune to the problems that could affect your system's longevity and performance. Knowing how to troubleshoot your central A/C system's thermostat can help you or your HVAC technician get it up and running once more.

Latchkey kids, the Coalition for Children explains, is a term that first arose during World War II when mothers went to work in factories while fathers were off at war. A latchkey kid is a child who is left at home unsupervised. Today, with many single-parent and dual-income families, Parents estimates that out of every 25 children in elementary school, one child goes home to an empty house. If your child is a latchkey kid, having a security company install a smart home monitoring system can both keep your child safe and help you parent while at work.