The list of things that make me nuts is long and comprehensive, but
near the top is smug hubris-filled jackholes who think their way is the
only way and that we actually want or need to listen to their advice.
And
ooohhhhh does the parenting corner of the Internet attract those
people. Posting anything, anything at all on the Internet about your
own parenting is a really good way to get told you're a horrible person
who should have never had kids. And those are the nice commenters —
anyone who's kept a blog or been on a message board has probably been
the focus of a poorly spelled screed using insults like "stuped ideot".
Because getting called a name by someone who can’t spell really hits a writer where they live.
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