and is it OK?
I see and hear it all the time and I'm guilty of it too. So what makes us do it? Why put all this pressure on each other when life is hard enough already? But I do it all the time in my head. Can't help myself. How can I stop??? Mostly I keep my mouth shut though. But sometimes I wonder if I should. I saw someone slap their kid so hard across the face that it left a massive red mark but I said nothing. I see people driving cars without strapping their kids in at all and say nothing. Then I come on mumsnet or chat to my mates about how awful it is and am a bit 'smug mum'. But even mundane stuff I find myself judging sometimes. Then other people regularly offer their unsolicited opinion as to how well wrapped up my kids are, whether I should be breastfeeding them or not, if they should be in creche already, if eating dirt will make them sick etc etc.
So what do you think? Is it ever Ok to judge other people's parenting choices outloud or in your head even? And how on earth do you stop it?
Don't be too hard on me now! It's also possible to judge people who judge others you know!!