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How to convince your kids that you’re the smartest person they’ll ever know.

May 16, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where we give way more than we take. In fact, we don’t take our own advice at all. This week’s question was submitted via email by Jimmy Ettele, owner of the blog Founding a Father and its corresponding Facebook page. You’ll also find him on Twitter as @jetts31. […]

How to travel with toddlers and have fewer people hate you.

May 9, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where we fix problems you didn’t even know you had. This week’s question comes from John Pseudonymous, master of the blog Twinfamy, owner of the FaceBook page Twinfamy  and keeper of the Twitter feed Twinfamy. I’d say he’s got the Twinfamy brand pretty well wrapped up.  He’s […]

Fun things to do with annoying kids

May 2, 2012

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    Welcome to another installment of WTF Wednesday, where we help you turn your problems into other people’s problems. Either way, it’s job security for me. Today’s question comes forwarded anonymously from one of the search engines. The advice-seeker asks, Dear IBMP, What are fun things to do with annoying kids? Now that’s the […]

A parent’s guide to dealing with your child’s first boyfriend or girlfriend

April 25, 2012

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    Welcome to this edition of WTF Wednesday, where the advice flows unhindered by voice of reason and sensibility. This week’s question comes from Sarah Minor  via Facebook. Sarah writes, Dear IBMP, How do you deal with a first girlfriend/boyfriend and are your techniques for dealing with them different if you have a boy […]

Picking a name for your child’s private parts

April 17, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where we have a court injunction against practicing what we preach. Today’s question comes from Mikaela Wire via Facebook. She writes: Dear IBMP, Should you tell your small children the real names for their private bits or is it best to stick with things like pee pee […]

Making the Internet a better place one bad answer at a time

April 11, 2012

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    Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, playing a soothing blend of today’s best bad advice and yesterday’s favorite crappy suggestions. Here at Advice Central, we get a lot of questions via Twitter, the blog’s comment section, email, and the occasional carrier pigeon. (Thanks for all the pigeons, by the way, they’re […]