One thing that I have a big issue with is people giving advice or criticism to someone about a certain situation, when they themselves have no personal experience or knowledge of the situation. Take some of the major topics on her: stepparenting, working moms, stay-at-home moms, spanking, child beauty pageants. If someone has no first hand knowledge or experience on a subject, should they really be dishing out advice or criticism to others about that subject? It is easy to have an opinion about something, but if you have never personally been in a specific situation, do you really have any real knowlege to offer? Take someone who has never been a stepparent, criticising someone for how they deal with their stepkids. Or someone who only knows about childrens beauty pageants from what they see on TV. Or judging someone for being a working mom, when you haven't been in their situation. SHOULD, not CAN, someone really have an opinion, when they have no real experience with that subject?
2007-05-23
11:43:14
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LittleMermaid
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