Somebody . . . . .

Somebody said you learn how to be a parent by instinct.
Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a parent is boring.
Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" parent your child will "turn out well."
Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" parents never raise their voices.
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see his or her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a parent.
Somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.
Somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a parent can find all the answers to child-rearing questions in books.
Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose.

Somebody said a parent can stop worrying after his or her child gets married.
Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to their heartstrings.

Somebody said your parents know you love them so you don't need to tell them.
Somebody isn't a parent.