Great post. In honesty, I have definitely been on both sides of feeling judged in my parenting by others and on the other side of judging other people's parenting. On the note of parenting by community, I will say I do appreciate it when another parent corrects my child as necessary- especially church for example when our family has different responsibilities on a Sunday morning- I appreciate it even more when the parent who corrected my child lets me know so I can follow up with my child later. For me (and I think most people), following up with the parent is harder than correcting the child but even more helpful because myself as the parent can then go help my child work through that heart issue or behavior. I think of one time my child was playing and bit another kid, I was surprised and said "I'm so sorry I've never seen him do that" and their response was "oh that's not the first time" and they laughed. It wasn't a big issue to them but I think it goes as a reminder that often our kids behave differently around us than around others or when they think we aren't looking so that input from others is important.
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Great post. In honesty, I have definitely been on both sides of feeling judged in my parenting by others and on the other side of judging other people's parenting. On the note of parenting by community, I will say I do appreciate it when another parent corrects my child as necessary- especially church for example when our family has different responsibilities on a Sunday morning- I appreciate it even more when the parent who corrected my child lets me know so I can follow up with my child later. For me (and I think most people), following up with the parent is harder than correcting the child but even more helpful because myself as the parent can then go help my child work through that heart issue or behavior. I think of one time my child was playing and bit another kid, I was surprised and said "I'm so sorry I've never seen him do that" and their response was "oh that's not the first time" and they laughed. It wasn't a big issue to them but I think it goes as a reminder that often our kids behave differently around us than around others or when they think we aren't looking so that input from others is important.