Top 9 Responses to Unsolicited Parenting Advice

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Why is it that the moment you receive unwanted parenting advice is usually the moment you least want to hear it? Here are some responses that will silence even the most persistently “helpful” advisors.

9. “But… Maury said it was okay.”

8. “These are just our starter kids. We’ll get it right with the next batch.”

7. [Don’t respond. Raise one eyebrow and make unflinching eye contact with the advice-giver until they get nervous and back out of the room.]

6. “What a great suggestion! I’ll get right on that when I get back from my ‘Recipients of Unsolicited Parenting Advice Anonymous’ meeting. Thanks!”

5.”We’re raising the kids to make their own choices, and right now they’re choosing an all-Mountain-Dew-and Pop-Tart diet.”

4. (With a terrified darting of the eyes) “Shhh. You’ll make the baby… angry.”

3. “We’re part of a psychological experiment. There may be some minor emotionally damaging side effects, but the pay is spectacular!”

2. “Our family’s been optioned by Lifetime.”

1. “No.”