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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here and thank you.  I also feel that I need to mention it once, gently and calmly, and then let it go.

Sorry, but I have been around DCUM long enough to know[b] what a huge debate[/b] this would set off!  
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Here is your answer.  If this is a hugely debatable subject, then there are plenty of people who agree with what they are doing and your 'huge parenting mistake' that will cause emotional harm is something they've thought about it and decided to do.  This is not like not using a car seat, or something that is not really debatable.  Mind your own business.[/quote]

+1.  If it is a hugely debatable subject then there is no one right answer to the issue.  In that case, you assume they made a choice to do it the way you would not.  You do not offer unsolicited advice in this case.  You only mention it if the subject comes up for discussion or they ask your opinion/advice.  And by comes up in discussion, if you are in a discussion and they mention that they do whatever you object to, then you can respond along the lines of "Oh, I don't do that.  I read that blah blah blah and it convinced me not to do it."  But it doesn't sound like this is likely to be the topic of casual conversation, so you do not get to broach the topic just to give your unsolicit advice contrary to what they've chosen to do.

I've seen a lot of issues where I disagree with my friends' parenting decision and I butt out because it's none of my business.  Barring safety of the child, you butt out.[/quote]

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