I realized that I had not really established the direction of my rant from yesterday.
While not exclusive of other boors, the catalyst was not one caused by anyone who would regularly read this blog, or otherwise stumble upon it. The catalyst for my ire was simply that, when it is discovered that you are expecting a child, you get innumerable unsolicited suggestions and advice from parents and non-parents alike regarding the matter of how one should actually be pregnant (how the woman should conduct themselves, what they should eat, how much or how little activity they should take up, and others, followed by a dizzying array of unsupported folk myths about what kind of child you have depending on appearance and levels of heartburn, ad nauseum). Then, you get equal amounts of unsolicited advice about how to raise your children, from schooling to discipline to how to make a child sleep throughout the night.
Much of it is well-meant, but it never ceases to amaze me how many horror stories are related in an effort to convince you that you should follow this or that or the other path…
And, when you have an honest concern, the “expert”, who may or may not have had children, frequently is quick to say that you are over-reacting, as if your own intuitive sense of what is going out should be dismissed as over-active worrying.
This explanation is already longer than intended, but I thought I should explain the context of the rant, in order to assuage any hurt feelings of people that were not my intended target. Thanks for bearing with me.