Parenting Advice from Someone Who Isn't a Parent

My favorite thing to do when I see something about a viral video of a child on Facebook is to read the comments. Why? Because there are so many 'parents' on there that believe they have a right to tell the parents of that child how to parent.

I was watching a video recently of a mother telling her child that she is pregnant and the child was scolding her for being pregnant. Well not really scolding, but questioning why she needs another one when she has two perfectly good children. So, I read the comments. One of the top comments was "this child has no home training and should respect his elders". I have wrote a post about what I think about respecting your elders, if you'd like to read that, so I won't get started on that part of the comment. However, home training? This child is not a pet. The only training any parent should do is training themselves not to be idiots and say stuff like home training.

I am not even a parent and I know that children say things without thinking especially when they are mad or upset. Children are very smart, yes, and that means all of their ideas come flowing out without thinking most of the time. So why do you think a child should be punished for something like this? Why can't you enjoy something that is cute without making some comment telling them their parenting isn't right? You can't, because no one is perfect and no parent actually knows what they are doing.

There have been many times when a parent jumps to conclusions on these videos also. For example, on the video I spoke about above, the child wasn't buckled in properly. However, you could tell they were not moving and I highly doubt she was going to leave her child unbuckled before they began driving. You literally cannot make any sort of mistake in a video without someone pointing it out and calling them a bad parent. 90% of the time, I overlook the mistake until I see a comment about it. Do you not have anything better to do with your time than to critique someone else's parenting skills? Is it that hard to enjoy something instead of pointing out that "That baby's hair needs to be brushed. I'm calling DFCS". What is wrong with you that you need to get on social media just to tell someone they are a bad parent?

You know, I have a lot of respect for family bloggers on YouTube. They put their life out there everyday or a few times a week when they don't have too. But, fans enjoy and haters love to leave hate comments. On countless occasions I have read comments on the Shaytards YouTube videos where someone says "Avia is a brat" or "Brock needs to be put in time out". Firstly, none of this is your business and second of all, how rude are you to throw out these things? They are kids. Kids do things and yes, some kids need to be disciplined. But, I'm sure if a child needed to be disciplined, they would not be posting whatever it is on the internet.

To the parents out there who don't criticize like these parents, go you! You are an awesome parent and you're clearly not worried about other people's parenting skills. That's how it should be. Unless the child is in immense danger, you have no business to be apart of it. Let the children live and learn. You can't always protect them and no one is perfect.