Growing up, I didn't realize I was being raised by progressive parents, even though the clues were there. We took vacations to the Women's Rights National Historical Park. We cheered on my uncles as they became the first gay couple to jointly adopt a baby in their state. We were encouraged to question the things we were taught in Sunday School. To no one's surprise, I grew up to be a bleeding heart liberal who raised her children the same way she was raised. Which makes me wonder, now, if my parents also heard the things people need to stop saying to progressive parents.
If being a parent has taught me one thing, it's this: we're all going to hear a laundry list of generalizations, presumptions, and nonsense about our parenting choices that will drain us of our energy, discourage us and, occasionally, make us doubt ourselves. I'm sure conservative parents or Christian parents or attachment parents can (and have) spilt just as much ink over their own particular woes. In the end, we all have it "rough," because we're never going to make a choice that is universally liked or accepted.
However, that doesn't mean that the specific ways people question and gaslight progressive parents isn't hugely annoying, to the point that it has inspired me to beg you, humbly and with humility, to please knock it off with the following...