I really like that analogy! Since becoming a mum I have definitely stopped being so judgemental of people's parenting and become more wary of other people's narratives. As the keyhold story suggests, you just never know what that person has gone through to reach their current standpoint. I think more empathy would help more people heal their own wounds, because once you stop judging others, you start being kinder to yourself.
I dunno. I'm more judgemental about some things. People telling me control crying doesn't hurt, they've done it. I pretty much judge they love their children less than I do. Because now I have a child I'm even more against it than when I just knew the theory.
But most other things - if you're not lying, stealing, killing (and telling me about it) then it's pretty much horses for courses and generally has been. (OK, it has usually been I know I'm right, but you need to find that out in your own time.)
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