nandalorian:bemusedlybespectacled:pomme-poire-peche:goldhornsandblackwool:Finally someeone put this

nandalorian:

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.

“idc what childless ppl think about parenting” is an absurd stance to take, not only because we are all former children, but because the reason why some people have opted out of having kids is BECAUSE they had terrible childhoods and wish to avoid inflicting generational trauma upon other people.

It also assumes that accredited experts such as ECEs, teachers, child psychologists, etc., must all themselves be parents in order to have valid experience, advice, and information to share with parents about how to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted children.