Welcome to this week’s special edition of WTF Wednesday, where we went to great lengths to appear smarter than you, then we got lost and have no idea how to get back, so if you have any suggestions, let us know.
I was thinking that, after just about a year of doing these WTF Wednesdays, I should do some kind of summary post. So on this 52nd WTF Wednesday, I’m providing you with the WTF Wednesday Annual Recap—a year’s worth of advice in 52 bite-sized pieces.
Don’t use it all at once.
On getting your kids to do stuff, stop doing stuff, do stuff quicker, quieter or more nicely
Four tricks to getting your kids to do it the first time you ask
How to stop your daughter from getting that piercing
Surviving a department store tantrum
An IBMP exclusive: getting your child to pick up their toys
When your son thinks anywhere close to the potty is good enough
How to potty train your child in time for Senior Prom
A no-fail way to cope when your child won’t shut up at the movies
What to do when your kids decide annoying you is more fun than playing with their toys.
Kid eating too much or not enough? The simple solutions (sort of).
How to keep your child from interrupting you: 5 easy solutions.
A parent’s guide to dealing with your child’s first boyfriend or girlfriend
How to travel with toddlers and have fewer people hate you.
Learn to guilt trip your kids like the masters
On why things are the way they are and what you can do about it
Why your child looks at you like you’re an alien
Why your kids will French kiss the dog but not share a water bottle
It could be worse; your child could be listening to Barney
Reverse psychology and other ways of being a jerk without your kids knowing it
Why your son doesn’t care if he has clean clothes
Getting into the mind of the serial messy room offender
The “I’d Laugh at the Irony if it didn’t Piss Me Off So Much” Paradox
Why your child should be in diapers until middle school
Why dog ownership is good preparation for having children
The real reason you cannot help parroting your parents.
We reveal why children like to embarrass their parents
It’s just not as cute when it’s someone else’s kid’s snot
On stuff you should probably know
Six important considerations before deciding to have children
Five benefits to keeping your child on a leash.
Stuffing your toybox with Happy Meal toys
Get the most out of embarrassing your children: plan ahead
Why give “The Talk” to your pubescent pre-teen when the Internet can do it for you?
Picking a name for your child’s private parts
Fun things to do with annoying kids
How to convince your kids that you’re the smartest person they’ll ever know.
How to sneak junk food without getting caught by your child
Masturbation. There, I said it out loud.
Exhibitionist potty training: the pros and cons
Should I be psyched if my daughter recognized the opening chords of “Highway to Hell”?
On stuff your parents won’t tell you
How to tell your parents you’re going through puberty
Yes that’s right: your parents are lazy
We’ll love you unconditionally if you just give us these four things
How to scare your neighbors and slow puberty at the same time
The evolution of embarrassment: why parents embarrass their children
Five secrets to talking to your date’s parents
How to decide whether to tell your parents you’re going through puberty
Advice Variety Packs
Is a messy room good for your immune system and 17 other really big questions.
Parenting advice: 18 things Google thinks I know
Making the Internet a better place one bad answer at a time
Problems solved. You’re welcome!
I've become my parents 
Posted on September 25, 2012
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