azzandra:bemusedlybespectacled:pomme-poire-peche:goldhornsandblackwool:Finally someeone put this to
azzandra:bemusedlybespectacled:pomme-poire-peche:goldhornsandblackwool:Finally someeone put this to words.It doesn’t matter if you have kids or not- it’s quite possible that your thoughts on childrearing are valid bc you remember being a child and tbh the ppl who act all put upon and pissy about ppl who don’t have kids saying anything about childrearing strike me as odd bc they act like they literally do not identify w children nor do they remember being one. Before I had the degree to rely on, I used to pointedly begin my statements about childrearing with, “As a former child…” I feel like your opinions on parenting are kind of like your opinions on cooking. Like, you don’t need to be a professional chef to know if a food tastes good. Being a professional chef might give you more context (you know how stressful restaurant kitchens are and how much prep work goes into every night and whatever), but it’s not going to change if the food is good or bad. You don’t have to be a chef to identify when food has maggots in it. I don’t have to be a gunsmith to know I don’t want bullets in me. -- source link