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Should you let your child read your old diaries?

October 9, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts, but we’re pretty sure it’s because the Americans are using Imperial and everyone else is using metric. This week’s question came via Google. Like so many parenting questions, the answer really depends on your parenting […]

Time to talk about passion

October 4, 2012

OK son, let’s talk about passion. You know how you just want to do what you want to do no matter what you need to do? That’s passion. You’re a passionate guy. You’re passionate about eating junk food, playing Minecraft, watching Scooby Doo. You’re passionate about one day buying a Bugatti—the most expensive car ever […]

Is a messy room good for your immune system and 17 other really big questions.

September 19, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where we understand that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. That’s why we try to avoid knowledge at all costs. We get a lot of questions that, while quite good, don’t warrant a full post’s worth of advice. Sometimes they’re simple yes or no answers, and […]

Setting the right example for your children: a Rootstock & Rootstock cartoon

September 15, 2012

Hi there. Some of you may remember that about a month ago I asked readers to toss out some different scenarios that could make funny cartoons and promised to ask my 11 year-old son, Cheeky, to come up with funny captions or speech bubble quotes. The first one was part of the link above; the […]

Why your child looks at you like you’re an alien

September 12, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where it’s Christmas all year round, but Santa’s on leave, so don’t get all excited. This week’s question was asked in person with a request for anonymity. Personally, I think the bag over her head was a bit dramatic, but I don’t judge. Although it did kind […]

How to decide whether to tell your parents you’re going through puberty

September 5, 2012

Well, hi there, and welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where the advice is free but the cost of following it is enormous. As many of you know, every Wednesday we take a break from the regular bloggishness and do an online advice spoof (sorry if you thought it was real all this […]