Consider this my newest weekly installment. Each Wednesday I will pick a typical situation in which someone makes a comment about your parenting, your child, or any general, unsolicited advice, accompanied with a desired response and an appropriate response.
For example:
The Comment: Observing that your child is not advanced in his or her verbal skills, the stranger says, "Gee, he's not much of a talker, is he?"
What You Want To Say: "No, we just encourage him not to talk to strangers or morons and you happen to represent both."
What You Could Say: "I know. I guess he's just been too busy finishing his first novel to really work on developing his oral communication."
What You Should Say: "Gee, I hadn't noticed. How long have you been working with children?"
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