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    8 Pieces of Parenting Advice that No One Wants to Hear

    I recently wrote about the 10 pieces of parenting advice I'm tired of hearing, and it turns out, I am not alone. Based on the emails I've gotten since then, it seems that the unsolicited, even rude, parenting advice isn't just coming my way, but that it might be a bit of an epidemic. So I decided that since I'm not alone in this misery that it might be interesting to see what advice other parents were tired of hearing. I asked other writers what their least favorite piece of parenting advice was, and what follows is perhaps a cautionary tale for those of you who like to dish out the unsolicited advice. - By Katie

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    1. "Nap when they nap."
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    3. "Use cloth diapers."
    4. "Quit your job."
    5. "Your baby needs a haircut."
    6. "Rub some whiskey on the baby's gums."
    7. "Sleep while you can."
    8. "Lock your child up until they can behave."

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      "When my son was 11 months old, he was sleeping like crap, which meant my husband and I were also sleeping like crap. I went on a parenting message board for advice on sleep training. Some serious attachment parents with bullying tendencies tried to talk me out of sleep training and suggested other options to deal with my fatigue such as quitting my job. Yeah. Because being up all night with a baby is better when ... more 
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      "Quit your job."
      "When my son was 11 months old, he was sleeping like crap, which meant my husband and I were also sleeping like crap. I went on a parenting message board for advice on sleep training. Some serious attachment parents with bullying tendencies tried to talk me out of sleep training and suggested other options to deal with my fatigue such as quitting my job. Yeah. Because being up all night with a baby is better when you're living in a cardboard box after losing 50% of your household income and being unable to pay for housing."
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