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Six important considerations before deciding to have children
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday where we have way more answers than there are questions. This week I’m traveling in a land far, far away and access to the internet is spotty at best. When I do have access, the bandwidth is, well, not very wide. So I’ve decided to recycle a […]
Masturbation. There, I said it out loud.
July 24, 2012
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where advice is just an opinion you didn’t ask for. This week’s question was sent to us via Twitter by WannabeAStayAtHomeDad, who tweets as @WannabeSAHDad and has a blog called, surprisingly, Wannabe Stay At Home Dad. He writes, Dear Barmy, How do I teach my 8 year-old […]
It could be worse; your child could be listening to Barney
July 18, 2012
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where what we say goes. It goes with both red and white wine; it goes with any flavour ice cream (except Neapolitan, nothing goes with that unless you avoid the pink part); it even goes out with the trash. This week’s question comes via Twitter and was […]
Reverse psychology and other ways of being a jerk without your kids knowing it
July 11, 2012
Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where research and fact-finding are really important priorities unless there’s other stuff to do. This week’s question comes via Twitter by Brick Wade (A.K.A @BrickWade). She writes: Dear Barmy, How do I politely tell my children to stop talking because frankly, I’ve had enough? My first […]
When good baths go bad
July 4, 2012
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where answers are half-baked and fully microwavable. Sometimes here at advice central we get questions that make us a bit uncomfortable. I know they can be hard questions to ask, too. But this is the Internet. It’s a safe place—a place where nobody laughs at or judges […]
Why your son doesn’t care if he has clean clothes
June 27, 2012
Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where we won’t rest until we get tired. Today’s question comes via the magic of Twitter and is from Cindy Dwyer (@CindyDwyerWords), owner of the blog A Reason to Write. Cindy writes: Dear IBMP, If my son never puts his socks in the hamper, am I responsible […]
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I've become my parents 
August 1, 2012
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