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<p>You don’t need to justify it to me :-). </p>
<p>Anyone remember when your kids were little, and a well-meaning in-law criticized you because of how you fed / put to bed / dressed / disciplined your child?
There were always two ways of handling that. The first way was to defend your position (“but this method of feeding / sleeping / dressing / discipline really is better! Look, here are a bunch of data points to prove it!”) and the second way was not to argue the merits, but simply acknowledge other people do things differently, but this is your kid and you’re going to do what feels best to you. Grandma can argue breast vs bottle or spanking vs not, but if you engage her in arguing the merits, you’re implicitly saying that it’s important that Grandma agree with your reasoning and that Grandma agree with the merits of what you propose and agree that indeed what you’re doing is right. It seems like the same principle here! </p>
<p>I for one love debating online but not with my friends / neighbors IRL, LOL.</p>