You can pick your friends, you can pick your battles...
...but you can't pick your friend's battles. If you're a parent you've seen other people who aren't parenting as well as you the same way you do. Isn't it tempting to think you've got it together and they don't? At least in that brief moment that your kid is NOT doing the naughty thing their's is doing? I know I've touched on this before but in those years before parenting toddlers I had all the answers. All.the.answers. Ask my poor sister who had kids before me and she'll tell you it's true. Here's what I know now: I don't have all the answers. Ready for a shocker? Neither do you. I mean that in the nicest way possible... What is true of all parents is they pick their battles when it comes to raising and disciplining kids. Some don't consciously pick them but you know by the behaviors you see what is tolerated or not tolerated. Some people can't handle noisy kids so they shush all the time. Can't ...