By Charlotte Hilton Andersen, REDBOOK.
"Don't reach above your head when you're pregnant or the baby's cord will get tangled around his or her neck." - Karla
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"Don't tell the daycare that your kids have autism!" - Mary
"Give your newborn water when he wakes up in the middle of the night so that he will learn that it wasn't worthwhile to wake up." - Rebecca
"Squirt your kids with water when they misbehave, just as you would with a pet you are training. Squirt squirt!" - Kymberly
" 'Let them cry it out, it's good for their lungs!' Okay, so Ive said this too but it's totally stupid advice. How is crying good for anyone's lungs?? Sheesh!" - Krista
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"I was told by a friend to "let them make their own decisions and then teach them if they make a mistake.' But it ended up in practice just meaning "no boundaries." We stopped visiting after that." - Jeff
"When my older daughter was 6 months old, I was nursing her and she bit me with her brand new tooth--hard enough to draw blood. One of my co-workers told me to bite her back. My 6-month-old! The thought of actually biting my child makes me sick to my stomach." - Michelle
"Hit your kid to teach him/ her that hitting is bad." - Alexandra
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"Let them cry it out. Painful for both of us!" - Lisa
"My doctor told me: 'Don't ever let your heart rate get over 140 beats per minute.' Who are they kidding? My heart rate gets that high carrying laundry up the stairs!" - Megan
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