This article is stupid and it pissed me off.  I’ll wait while  you go read it…

http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/family-matters/want-to-raise-confident-child-avoid-these-common-labels.html

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Done?  Good. I’ll tell you why this article is written by someone who thinks they are a better parent than you are.  

1.     They wrote an article about how to raise confident children when they clearly only have SMALL children.  Tell me, stupid lady, how can I trust your advice when your kid is still in diapers?  How do you know you’re right, you stupid, stupid lady?
2.    I agree that parents do things wrong all of the time.  But telling a teacher your kid is shy is not what makes them clingy and insecure.  Being SHY MAKES THEM FRIGGIN SHY. I know, because I am the parent of a shy kid.  I do tell the teacher he’s shy because she needs to know that it may take a YEAR for him to ever speak to her directly.  If he had the same teacher every year, then he’d eventually talk her face off.  Being SHY DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE INTO BEING INSECURE, YOU STUPID, STUPID LADY.  DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO “ERASE FROM MY VOCABULARY” BECAUSE I WILL PUNCH YOU IN YOUR STUPID FACE.
3.    OMG. “Include your other kids too.”  You’re so stupid.  There is nothing wrong with one kid getting noticed for being cute or a fast runner.  Some kids are faster than others. Some kids are cuter than others. Does that mean if your kid isn’t being noticed for being fast that he will grow up thinking he’s a loser?!?  NO.  It means he knows he’s not that fast and sometimes there are going to be people faster than he is and THAT IS OKAY.  Every sibling does not always need to also be included in every compliment ever.  You ARE SO STUPID.
4.    If you take your child to the park to manage their conversations, you’re a moron.  Parks are for playing.  Stop listening to your kids talking.  LET THEM BE KIDS, YOU BIG STUPID LADY.  You want to raise confident kids?  Leave them alone to make mistakes, learn what they are good at and bad at and teach them to know it’s okay to not be everything to everyone all of the time.  
5.    I hate you. And  your ass face.