"Why are they trying to tell me what to do?"  "She is not my momma."  "That's not how we do things anymore." I have been on the receiving and giving ends of these types of comments.  Whether it is professional or personal, we all live in a whirlpool of advice.  Certainly not all advice is good (or godly) advice, but listening is necessary.  We have people who want the best for us and their way of showing it may be to offer us their words of wisdom whether welcomed or unsolici