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Your forties: a time of growth and discovery

June 2, 2012

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      OK son, let’s talk some more about what to expect when you’re growing up to be just like your dad. There are several stages you’ll experience throughout your life. I’m currently enduring my forties, so that’s what I’ll focus on, but here’s a quick recap of the stages you can expect leading […]

The “I’d Laugh at the Irony if it Didn’t Piss Me Off So Much” Paradox

May 30, 2012

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      Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where the advice is always free of fake colors or preservatives. Real colors or preservatives are totally fair game, though. This week’s question was submitted via Twitter by James Hudyma, A.K.A @SaskaDad. He’s got a blog I quite enjoy called EduDad and can be […]

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 […]

Purgatory in a picnic basket

May 7, 2012

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      It’s 2012 and you know what that means: yup, it’s the end of the world. Well, that’s what the Mayans said. OK, they didn’t say that, they just ran out of paper and had to stop their calendar at 2012. Other, weirder people said it’s the end of the world, and there […]

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 […]