Comments on: Why do people answer PARENTING questions if they are NOT a parent?

By: srm8824

srm8824 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:22:07 +0000

I AGREE. If you have NEVER been a parent or been pregnant then don’t answer questions… because YOU do not know what it is like until you have experienced it.

By: ghetto_princess283

ghetto_princess283 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:54:12 +0000

Well I’m 15 and work at a daycare. I have been to loads of child development classes, probably more than most parents. I honestly hope I’m helping the person when I am answering. When your getting on the Internet asking for other peoples advice you are going to get every bodies opinion, not an expert or maybe not even a parent. Its the Internet, if you want a professional opinion, than find one.

By: hh

hh — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:57:17 +0000

i’m from a very large family – my mother has 10 brothers and sisters, i have tons of cousins, i’ve known my great-grandparents on both sides. i’m fortunate to have seen many parents in action. IF – emphasis on IF – i answer a parenting question, it’s based on what i’ve seen growing up and now as an adult. if you don’t like the fact that i don’t have children of my own (yet), simply ignore my answer.

By: soundproof

soundproof — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:49:00 +0000

I know lots of people who respond with how they “think” they would behave if they were a parent. You know, the “If that were my child…”
It is far easier to opine from afar than to actually walk a mile in a parents shoes. (I am a parent, I have a teenager and a toddler…)

By: Catholic14

Catholic14 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:50:28 +0000

what i hate more is when you put parents only and you get 11 and 12 year olds answering

By: theangrywookie

theangrywookie — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:50:13 +0000

Why would you have to be a parent to know something about it? Do you have to have walked on Jupiter to know something about the geography? Do I have to stick my finger in a power outlet to know that it is a bad thing? Do I have to have done drugs to tell someone else not to do them? Do I have to have a high interest checking account to know that it will gain me money if I do? My point is just this: You can study something and learn without ever having to do it. It would be insane to require drug counsellors to get themselves addicted to drugs and then get counsel to get off of them so that they can help others. In the same manner it would be insane to tell a suicide counsellor to kill himself so that he can counsel someone else not to. And in the same manner it would be insane to disreguard someones advise concerning children because they have never had them. I wouldn’t tell you to just take what everyone says as gospel, but I would tell you to check out everything that is advised to you and make sure it is right before you do it.

By: just rob&me in missouri

just rob&me in missouri — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:10:41 +0000

well they might have experience from there mothers or fathers or brothers or sister etc..

By: John S

John S — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:33:22 +0000

i asked a couple of questions about smoking.(i am one)got flooded with answers from non smokers.some here give an answer,some give an opinion.you have to sort and ignore the answers from the opinions.

By: Sexy queen sana

Sexy queen sana — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:30:14 +0000

well naturally sumtimes itz said that people who havent experienced it before have a lot of sense in dese matters. i do plus thy might wanna b 1 later why do u care anyway xx

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:09:47 +0000

I’ll admit I’m not a parent, but I answer these questions based on my observations, how I would have wanted to be treated when I was younger by my parents, and how I plan to raise my children when I do have them.