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Yes that’s right: your parents are lazy

February 8, 2012

Welcome to another instalment of WTF Wednesday, where we put the F in WTF. That’s right, we’re responsible for the word “For” in “What’s That For?” (What were you thinking WTF stood for, anyway?) Here at Advice Central, we get a lot of questions via Twitter, the blog’s comment section, email, entered into search engines […]

Girl problems: the ten year-old version

February 6, 2012

Hey Dad, I think Danielle likes me! What makes you think so? Elana asked her. Wow. So now what? Tomorrow Elana is going to tell her I like her. And what are you going to do? I’m going to stand behind a tree and she’s going to bring Danielle near the tree. If she likes […]

We’ll love you unconditionally if you just give us these four things

January 31, 2012

Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where our advice is made with 100% real ingredients in mind. Today’s question comes to us via the magic of Google’s Let’s Track Every Move People Make On The Internet program. Earlier this week a thoughtful child found I’ve Become My Parents by typing this question into […]

How to scare your neighbors and slow puberty at the same time

January 25, 2012

Welcome to WTF Wednesday, where advice is completely free for the first six months if you commit to a ten-year contract and agree to pay whatever I decide you should during that time. This week we were cleaning out our closet and found a few answers under a pile of dust bunnies and long-lost socks. […]

Getting in touch with your sensitive side(s)

January 20, 2012

This post was originally published in the spring of last year. It was one of my very first posts. I’ve reworked it a bit for the I’ve Become My Parents book. Enjoy. Getting in touch with your sensitive side(s) OK, so you have my genes and, as you’re learning, the package comes with a number […]

A no-fail way to cope when your child won’t shut up at the movies

January 17, 2012

Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where the quality of our answers is matched only by the inverse of the quality of your questions. This week’s question comes from Julia Warrender, owner of Life With a Parasite and tweeting as @jwarrender, who writes: Dear IBMP, When you learn your child is one of […]