No mom likes to have her parenting questioned.
At the end of the day, we're all going to have disagreements, but all that really matters is that we're raising healthy, happy little humans. Judging others for their parenting just doesn't help anybody!
Lots of moms can attest to this — from the mom who breastfed a stranger's baby in need to every single mom who has ever had one of those conversation with her mother-in-law about who makes the rules.
Sometimes, when it comes to parenting, it feels like everyone is a critic. That's why we always love seeing a mom stand up for herself, confident in the knowledge that she knows what's best for her baby.
Take, for example, the recent story of a mom who was floored when a stranger yanked her little one's pacifier right out of his mouth.
Talk about over the line — it's bad enough to scold a stranger's child, but to put your hands on him? Read on below to see how she responded!
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[H/T: Scary Mommy]

Corissa Rieschieck, a writer and mom who blogs about her adventures, recently shared the story of going shopping with her toddler son — a task that has felled many a mom.
Here's what happened when she decided to use a pacifier to, y'know, pacify her little one who was getting cranky.
“I adore my little gremlin, and I try hard to show him every day that I love him…
"That being said, there are definitely things I do as a parent that help me get through the day. One of those things is that I let my now two-year old gremlin still use his dummy.
"Many people are horrified by this fact, and I get told frequently, by those I know and those I don’t, that I shouldn’t be doing so."

She brought her tot to the grocery store to do some shopping, and he behaved well, until Mom encountered her Waterloo.
“He helped me place items into the trolley and was, in general, being the lovely child he can sometimes be, so I made the (rookie) mistake of allowing him onto the car as we left the supermarket.”
As every mom knows, these coin-operated cars and horses that flank supermarket entrances are designed to cause meltdowns.

She continues,
“All was well, until I decided he had played long enough and it was time to head home.
"Dragging the once more kicking and screaming gremlin from the car and into the trolley, I pulled out my trusty accessory and, with his dummy firmly in place, the crying ceased, and we began making our way towards the exit of the complex."
Every mom has been in this situation, and we all know that a binky is a small price to pay for successfully escaping the grocery store.

At this point, another shopper decided it was her right to intervene.
“Out of nowhere, an older woman approached us.
"She reached out, promptly plucking the dummy out of the gremlin’s unsuspecting mouth while scolding me about how he doesn’t need it and I shouldn’t be so bad a parent as to give it to him.
"Stunned silence (from both the gremlin and I) met this proclamation…
"Before I had so much as attempted to gather myself to respond, the woman walked off with his dummy in hand!"

But the stranger wasn't done yet.
“I’m not sure if it was the silence, the lack of any response, or the need to belittle me further that had her turning back, but just as suddenly she was approaching me again and her scolding recommenced.
"This time it was along the lines of ‘what kind of parent did I think I was to be using a dummy’ and ‘I should know better, it’s no wonder he screams.'"
She then returned the pacifier to Rieschiek.

“My – perhaps petulant – response was to promptly place it right back in his mouth. (To be perfectly honest, this thought makes me cringe now, for I surely should have disinfected it first, but it was very satisfying to see her face as I did so)”
For Reischiek, the experience was shocking and galling — and it left her with a whole lot of questions:
“Why do people feel the need to comment on the way those around them parent?
"Do they not remember how hard being a parent is?
"Have they never experienced moments of doing something as a parent just to get through?
"Or, if they’re not parents themselves, did they never learn that it wasn’t okay to be so rude?"
What do you think, is it every acceptable to scold a stranger or a stranger's child?
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