Do you ever get parenting advice from people who don't have kids?

doesn't it piss you off?Theres this woman I work with who has no kids,has never been married,and didnt even grow up in a big family with kids!(shes an only child). and shes trying to tell me how me and my wife should feed her,how to bathe,and how to discipline her. I just ignore her since she is a supervisor there I won't tell her off because you know how that goes in a work setting. But I mean come on!Its like me trying to tell Meryl Streep how to play a certain part in a film!!Do you ever get parenting advice from people who don't have kids?
On the one hand, I can understand the annoyance. Logic would seem to dictate that someone with no practical experience would make a poor teacher or counsel.





On the other hand, knowledge doesn't discriminate. Anyone can learn the proper way to do anything. I'm limited in athletic skills and was never good enough to make teams in high school. As an adult, I've been a heck of a coach on more than 1 level.





Jo Frost, the Supernanny, has never married nor become a mother. Would you turn down parenting advice from HER??Do you ever get parenting advice from people who don't have kids?
I totally agree. I have a newborn at home and all of my young friends who are childless constantly feel the need to tell me what's best for my son. Please! I don't even go by what the doctors say ALL the time because my son reacts poorly to it. As his mom, I know him better than anyone else or any doctor does so I say, do what is best for your child. As the parent, it's your job to make sure they are safe, healthy, and growing...if you're doing that then no one has a right to tell you how to do it any different, whether they have kids or not. But, I totally understand what you mean and I think it's rude to share your ';advice'; without asking the person you're sharing it with if they want to hear it anyway. Good luck with your little one! I'm sure you're doing a great job!
The best advice a parent gave me was when I was single, and my roommate had a 6 year old little girl. We set boundaries and she told me flat out, don't tell me how to raise my child and I won't ask you to babysit. I always held on to that and lived by it. I have my own children and have no idea what someone without them could credibly contribute. Good to you for not being rude to the supervisor.
Oh yes i totally understand you ... my aunt has no children and she feels like she has the best advice to give and that if i did things her way my son would be a better child ... And it does kill me because like i've told other people you don't know how difficult it gets until you go through it and i also believe that we know what to do with our children based on what type of child they are ..
Haaaaaaaaa. My absolute favorite. The non-parent giving the parent advice.





Happens all the time. Although they usually circulate in grocery stores, restaurants, lines at the bank, etc. Double jeopardy for you, because she's a supervisor. Good luck...
No, it doesn't piss me off at all. If someone keeps giving me bad advice, that pisses me off. But you don't have to be a parent to have good ideas and perspective. Non-parents can have useful things to say.
Well thats annoying!!! lol








I kinda do the same thing though. I sometimes give relationship advice, when i've never been in a relationship.... But that kinda is what makes it good... lol ya know?
Doesn't annoy me in the slightest.





I've more issues with Parents who think they know everything.
That would annoy me.....very much so.
it pisses me off...i got it more when she was younger....
i totally agree. my SIL took care of her aunt's twins like 10 years ago and she doesn't have any kids of her own now, well she thinks that because she took care of these twins (not full time either) that she knows it ALL. she always has a comment or 'well, when i took care of the twins' like i give a sh*t what she did when she took care of someone else's kids. even if she DID have kids i wouldn't want her opinion cause she's an idiot anyway.


one time my cousin gave her baby (1 month old) a pacifier and my SIL was like 'you shouldn't do that it's not good for the baby to stick a pacifier in her mouth when she makes a sound'. are you kidding me? other people do that too, it's easy to have comments or tell people how to take care of their kids when they don't have them, they don't know what it's like so i don't take it seriously.