HUFFINGTON
07.28.13
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JOHN
KINNEAR
5 Things Parents Need to
Stop Saying to Non-Parents
IRST, I should say that I am 100 percent guilty
of all of these. I know this reads as an advice list,
but really it’s advice I’m giving myself. The “you”
I am addressing in this piece is me... unless it applies to you; then it is you. ¶ I ran headfirst into
this parenting thing, and have gladly and gratefully let it redefine me as a person. One unforeseen side-effect has been that I view everything
through the lens of parenting. Sometimes that
is a good thing. For instance, I don’t leave steak
knives lying around as much as I used to. Sometimes — and this is what I’ve recently learned —
it can alienate my non-kid-having friends. Here
are some things that are better left unsaid.