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Masturbation. There, I said it out loud.
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where advice is just an opinion you didn’t ask for. This week’s question was sent to us via Twitter by WannabeAStayAtHomeDad, who tweets as @WannabeSAHDad and has a blog called, surprisingly, Wannabe Stay At Home Dad. He writes, Dear Barmy, How do I teach my 8 year-old […]
Why does mom get to paint her face?
July 22, 2012
Hi there, folks! A few weeks back, I posted a cartoon for which my son, Cheeky, came up with the punchline. I thought it was kind of fun letting him think up what to put in the speech bubble–and I think he did a pretty good job, too. I promised that if readers challenged him […]
It could be worse; your child could be listening to Barney
July 18, 2012
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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I've become my parents 
July 24, 2012
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