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It certainly does take a village to raise a child, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you want the entire village weighing in on every single thing you do as a parent. Between people you know (and don't know) who have children, your own family, and — the best — friends who don't even have or want kids, the unsolictied advice can get a little old and overwhelming. There comes a time when you just need to raise up your hands and proclaim, "Mama knows best."

We asked real moms [2], "Which piece of advice are you most tired of hearing when it comes to raising your kids?" and have a feeling that you've probably heard some of these 17 gems as well.

1. "'Let them eat what they want when they want.' . . . And no, they're not eating what they want when they want. I'm not a short order cook and and snacks aren't meals!" — Nicole [3]
2. "No tv before age 2. So that means everyone else has to watch in private. Come on!" — Meggan [4]
3. "You need to have more kids so she isn't an only child. She'll never learn how to share with others." — Becky [5]
4. "Stop cleaning my house and spend more time with my daughter." — Doreen [6]
5. "'You should let him eat more sweets.'" — Laura-Sian [7]
6. "'Boys will be boys, just let them go.'" — Skye [8]
7. "'If you always pick him up when he cries at night, he'll never sleep through the night...'" — Maria [9]
8. "Anything starting with 'if it was my kid..' from someone with no kids." — Arika [10]
9. "'The book says…'" — Kacie [11]
10. "That I need to stop breastfeeding when he gets teeth or at 1." — Paige [12]
11. " That I hold my daughter to much!!!!!" — Krystal [13]
12. "'You need to spank him or he won't grow up to be an adjusted adult in society.'" — Carrie [14]
13. "My auntie ( who doesn't have kids) said I had to breastfeed my youngest cuz bottle fed babies r always Ill and she will be fat." — Anne Marie [15]
14. "The 'scare threats' that start out like 'just wait 'til she...'" — Christie [16]
15. "'You need to make sure everything is certified organic and absolutely no sugar.' Psssh. I'm a single mom of two. Organic is expensive and they eat 3 bites no matter what it is anyway." — Amber [17]
16. "Anytime anyone without kids self righteously proclaims anything they will or won't do as a parent I roll my eyes. Keep dreaming darlin." — Jesika [18]

And perhaps, the be-all and end-all of annoying comments is simply:

17. "Pretty much anything that is unsolicited. Anything." — Amy [19]

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