I think it's great that older people love giving advice to younger people on what they should do.
But always remember that people come from not only different time periods but different personalities. So you can choose to store that advice in your head or let it go out the other ear.
When people give me advice, I always make sure to: compare it to other people's advice, test their reasoning, make sure that I admire their character, Most Importantly: They have/doing what I want. If that person is not doing what I want to do but something else, then what good is their advice.
For example: One of my co-workers that has only had one child, working her whole life, lives with her baby-daddy, but has a side lover tries to give me advice on taking care of my baby and my relationship with my man. I think not. Especially if she can't commit to one man and her son only knows how to pick crazy woman that lie about being pregnant to keep him. To me she hasn't accomplished anything that I want.
As for my mother, she has been married to my step-father for over 13 years I think with ups and downs but regardless she has supported him, and he has taken care of our family of 9. She went to school and became a Registered Nurse before settling down. Now I will follow and be more open to her advice on relationships and being a mother.
I am always willing to give advice to others, but mostly others that going through what I already have. I don't like to give advice to people that are not similar to me or really close to me because I might offend them with being REAL.
So be PICKY!! Better yet...surround yourself with people that make you better in different aspects of your life.
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