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Masturbation. There, I said it out loud.

July 24, 2012

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 […]

Your forties: a time of growth and discovery

June 2, 2012

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 […]

Why give “The Talk” to your pubescent pre-teen when the Internet can do it for you?

March 28, 2012

Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where customer satisfaction is our number one priority. Well, it’s a tie, really, between customer satisfaction and ice cream. We really like ice cream, and while your satisfaction is right up there on the list, we can’t in all sincerity say it’s THE most […]

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 […]

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. […]

What’s got into my parents? A pre–teen’s puberty guide to your changing parents

June 5, 2011

Son, you’ve been reading all those books about what to expect as you go through puberty. You’re learning about all the changes starting to take place in your body, all the weird feelings, emotions, hairy bits, odors, the whole thing. The books are way better than they were when my folks first left a copy […]