That’s actually my response to the jerk parents who insist I can’t have an opinion on child rearing since I don’t have any kids. “You don’t have kids, so your opinion that hitting children is bad doesn’t count.” Well, genius, I happen to have been a child myself once, specifically a child who was beaten many times, so I do, in fact, get to have an opinion on the subject. And I don’t need your permission to express it!
That’s actually my response to the jerk parents who insist I can’t have an opinion on child rearing since I don’t have any kids. “You don’t have kids, so your opinion that hitting children is bad doesn’t count.” Well, genius, I happen to have been a child myself once, specifically a child who was beaten many times, so I do, in fact, get to have an opinion on the subject. And I don’t need your permission to express it!