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Things my son needs to know before he grows up to be just like me.
It could be worse; your child could be listening to Barney
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 […]
Posted in: Advice (bad)
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 […]
Posted in: Advice (bad), Cartoons
Kids totally have it better today and I can prove it
July 10, 2012
OK, son, let’s talk about how much the world has progressed since I was your age. You hear a lot of parents whining about how they used to walk 10 miles in the snow to school, or how our televisions used to take up a third of the living room even though the screens were […]
Posted in: Things you should know
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 […]
Posted in: Advice (bad)
If my son wrote the laws
July 1, 2012
Hello there, dear readers! So I did this cartoon while on a plane a long time ago. When I got home, I decided I really didn’t like the punchline in the speech bubble and I set it aside. Recently, it occurred to me that it might be fun to do some random cartoons and let […]
Posted in: Cartoons, I've become my parents
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 
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