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How to tell your parents you’re going through puberty

March 7, 2012

Welcome to today’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where you can get designer advice at warehouse prices as long as you don’t mind mostly seconds, irregulars, size XXXL, or advice that went out of style in 1983. We’ve been getting a lot of great questions lately. If you’ve asked one recently and it’s not been answered […]

Kid eating too much or not enough? The simple solutions (sort of).

February 29, 2012

Welcome to another installment of WTF Wednesday, where if you can find the same advice advertised elsewhere for less, we’ll congratulate you and totally mean it. This week, we’ve decided to tackle three questions about food. One about kids who can’t stop eating it, one about kids who don’t eat enough of it, and one […]

It’s time for more favorite IBMP tweets. Read ’em while they’re fresh!

February 26, 2012

Well, it’s been a couple busy weeks in Twitterville. The @Ibecamemydad Twitter feed continues to grow in popularity. Recent studies suggest that the rising unemployment rate in several countries correlates perfectly with the rise in followers of my feed. Read into that what you will, but clearly people have a lot of time to waste. […]

What to do when your kids decide annoying you is more fun than playing with their toys.

February 22, 2012

Welcome to today’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where if you find the same advice at a lower price anywhere else, we’ll give you triple your money back (minus a $20 re-stocking fee, $10 service charge, $13.50 shipping, $50 handling fee, and some beer money). Today’s question comes via Twitter from Anntrea (@doodlesandJots). She also runs […]

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 […]