As is traditional, I only come up with good comebacks after I am no longer able to use them. So I am planning ahead.
I have decided on my standard responses when I am faced with a stranger who wants to tell me about my parenting decisions. I shall now say a variation of:
Well, I wasn’t spanked and I think I turned out better than average.
Well, in MY day, we were taught not to be judgmental about other people’s parenting decisions in public.
And as a encore, my response to “well, you look like you have your hands full†is “full hands are much better than empty ones.â€