Momsplainers are everywhere—on the playground, at preschool drop-off, on the internet. (Looking at you, Facebook parenting groups.) Our working definition: Someone who has good intentions but often drops parental knowledge that’s more unsolicited overshare than actually useful. (Yes, Donna, we know you’re an expert on the typical timeline for crawling. Brava!)
Still, the terrifying question remains: Are you one too? (Eep.) Take our quiz to find out.
A crying face emoji
Commiseration (your kid went through the same thing three weeks back)
A link to Dr. Harvey Karp’s sleep regression info page
A list of questions (you want to know the details before weighing in)
Spitting daggers. You’re calling the school.
Frustration. You should have coordinated with Eleanor’s mom!
Oh well! They’ll still have recess together, le sigh.
Wine.
Replying with a link to your number one rec, hands down
Posting the AAP’s safety tips for buying. (Hey, it’s useful info!)
Asking for more specifics (does weight matter? how about width?)
Sharing a list of PureWow’s stroller recs
Smile and mouth “It gets better.”
Ignore it. Not your kid!
Walk over and kindly mention that you had great luck when you started implementing “time-ins”
Friend
Foe
