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Parenting: proof that Isaac Newton knew nothing about physics

November 3, 2012

It’s been a while since my last physics class but I remember learning about this guy named Isaac Newton. An apple once hit him on the head and he suddenly realized that if you let go of something, it will fall. It was a big deal because, before that, I guess nobody had noticed. Smart […]

Getting the most out of the time you waste on Twitter: this month’s funny tweets

October 29, 2012

Regular time is finite, but wasted time is infinite and renewable. It’s highly transferable. Contagious, even. Case in point: Twitter. I put considerable effort into wasting time on Twitter. The time I waste on Twitter is then available to be re-wasted by anyone that wishes to follow my tweets. But, if you use Twitter, then […]

School dances: the reason twins should tattoo their names on their foreheads

October 25, 2012

After a year of providing all the advice you’ll never need every Wednesday, I thought I’d give WTF Wednesday a break for a while. I’ll still provide useless parenting advice on occasion, and you can always still ask a question via the comments, “contact me” page, or Twitter. Today’s post sticks with the theme of […]

Girls on the left; boys on the right.

October 23, 2012

Son, you may remember me telling you that there are two kinds of kids in middle school: those that are miserable, and those that make them that way. I was both. In short, that’s because nobody else had to make me miserable; I did it just fine myself. And I didn’t even wait until middle […]

How social media will save your relationship with your children

October 17, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where both presidential candidates get all their parenting advice, but only one gets his debating advice. I thought we’d mix it up a bit this week here at Advice Central. As pretty much the only parenting expert on the Internet, I’ve never really thought about visiting other […]

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 […]