SOMEBODY'S ASKING 4 IT: NEW DADS- HOW TO MANAGE UNSOLICITED PARENTING ADVICE

"Sit still... Maybe they'll stop talking"

Rant alert in...

"ALL I KNOW IS (THAT) I KNOW NOTHING." (SOCRATES)

Whenever anyone attempts to give me unsolicited advice about raising MY child, I immediately make 3 jerk reaction  judgements about that person: 1) Who the hell do they think they are? 2) What the hell is their motivation? And, 3) What is their most interesting flaw? Now, you might have other criterion for how you judge those who think they know better than you about YOUR child, but this is my blog so just enjoy the ride...

GUEST POST: THE "MOMZILLA" DEFINED - DEFENDING YOURSELF WHEN THE MOMSTER IN HER REARS ITS UGLY HEAD

Guest Post By Tracy G. Cassels

www.evolutionaryparenting.com

Fathers, do you suffer from living with someone who takes control of every last aspect of parenting?  Who tells you that the way you play with your child is wrong?  The way you feed your child is wrong?  What you feed your child is wrong?  How you change a diaper is wrong?  Does it feel like you can’t do anything right when it comes to your own child?  If this sounds familiar, you have married a MomZilla.  You may be confused at first because, after all, she married you and procreated with you, so you must be able to do something right, right?  Before you lose all self-esteem when it comes to parenting or consider divorce or something more drastic, I’m here to try and help.  First let me say that while I will try to help you understand MomZilla, what I say may not be applicable to all MomZillas.  You may have, quite simply, married and had a child with a total bitch.  They exist and frankly, I don’t quite know what to do.  But hopefully that’s not the case for most of you.  And while I plan on helping you understand your MomZilla, by no means do I condone her behaviour, but to work towards change, you have to understand what you’re dealing with or else you’ll never move forward.  So let’s get started by fully defining the MomZilla…