Mom groups can be wonderful. Their members share in-the-field experiences and valuable insights, and don't mind having entire conversations with newbies on how to get a fussy baby back to sleep or how to potty train a toddler.
But the good stuff is often surrounded by the bad. Every now and then, there's a post judging vaccines or a comment suggesting Ethanol as a boy's name. In fact, such content is so frequent, it even gave rise to a subreddit making fun of it.
It's called '[Stuff] Mom Groups Say' and vigilant Bored Panda readers may remember it from our earlier article but here's part 2 for those who can't get enough of it. That includes us!
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Unintelligent, Uneducated...
Talya Stone, a former editor-in-chief turned parenting blogger and the woman behind Motherhood: The Real Deal and 40 Now What told Bored Panda that online mom groups are definitely hit or miss. "A lot of them can be a hotbed for toxicity and riling each other up," she said.
"I think with all social media platforms and forums it's about taking everything with a pinch of salt and not getting sucked in too deep. Some, however, can be great for advice when you have a specific query."
Stone suggests treating mom groups like buying a house: "Go and visit the neighbourhood (group) and get a sense of if you like it. Evaluate if you honestly like the energy and vibe, see what kind of conversations are happening there and if you like it — great! If not, move on to the next neighbourhood and find one you feel more comfortable with."
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At the end of the day, Stone believes that nothing can replace a face-to-face connection and that goes for moms too. "The pandemic has made this really difficult but now is the time to start rebuilding," she said.
"Strike up a conversation at the school gate, park, or coffee shop. We have become so scared of real-life interactions but we need to move on and start forming those connections again — online things can quickly become very distorted."
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Vicki Broadbent, a writer, director, broadcaster, and founder of the parenting blog Honest Mum, told Bored Panda that "mom groups, be it Whatsapp groups with the nursery/schools moms or via social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram can provide critical support for parents."
"I remember the support, friendship, and camaraderie I garnered from Twitter when I had my first child, Oliver, and how that allowed me to connect with like-minded parents easily and usually during unsociable hours when I was nursing in the night too. It was amazing."
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She also reminded that sometimes we simply aren't able to get together in person. "The pandemic has highlighted how important online support can be for parents where face-to-face access has been limited. You can find all sorts of parenting groups on Facebook for all kinds of needs (from breastfeeding groups to fitness, those with specific medical conditions, and more) so I'd recommend searching there, and joining some, feeling your way through different ones in a bid to find your tribe!" Broadbent said, adding that you can also check out some apps whose job is to connect you to nearby parents in your area for online and real-life meet-ups that can be of huge help as well.
"There's no need to feel alone," the mom said.
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On The Governor Saying Masks Aren’t Required For Students. No Masks = Higher Grades!
Now What
Why not? I put cereal in my kids' bottles kept them fuller for longer. They slept through the night. Let me be clear, by saying baby cereal not like fruit loops.
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Coming from someone who had all her babies C-Sections kindly go f**k yourself! Had I went through this ages ago we would've died. I can't stand people that say that.
I Find It Hard To Believe People Are Like This. Gross
At Least She Rinsed It Out Before Returning It!
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Friend Of Mine Sent Me This...
I hope the baby will inherit its look from its father and not intelligence from you.
On A Post About Not Washing Bagged Coleslaw
Mmmmmm... Placenta
Listen, I Don’t Want To Spoil My Child With Basic Care, So I’m Just Going To Neglect Them And Then Complain About It… No Hate Please!
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They should be high key shamey. Smoke anything or do recreational drugs during pregnancy, you deserve all the pain that can bring. The baby doesn't though, so sort your life out. So sick of stoners.
It Can Happen
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Wearing A Mask Gave My Daughter A 1 Inch Crack In Her Septum
One INCH Crack caused by Facemask? was she wearing iron helmet and did facepalm?
I don't understand this! Why are people shoving masks up their noses (that's the only explanation). Someone please tell them, you wear masks like pads not tampons :-D
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Can you imagine just lying to lie like this? Who remembers when people were ashamed when they got busted lying? The good old days.
It can't have been the horse riding, it mush be the small piece of cloth that cracked a frigging septum 🙄
I rode horses for years and I'm not sure how riding would case a nose bleed or a septal crack. Face planting off one or being caught in the face if a horse throw's their head would do it. S would a knee to the face cleaning hooves or bathing them, though I've had all 3 happen and my nose is intact.
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BS BS BS She probably fell off the horse. I used to show horses did exactly the same thing, if you look carefully she is wearing glasses. I do too. The glasses will do that if you don't have the special kind made. Diva mama decided to use it as propaganda.
My dad is an ENT and I guarantee you that any doctor you ask will not say that that was caused by a mask.
If you're going to wear a barbed wire mask, then expect a few glitches.
A badly cracked septum is typically caused by dry air. That's it. If it got that bad, then there's something else going on. Not mask. Seen this BS before.
Gee, did she have a serious cloth mask and someone used a stick on the back of it tourniquet style?
Oh, I see what happened. She wore over her EYES. While riding a horse, and landed on her face. See? Damn masks. /s
I think it's more likely someone punched in the nose thinking she was her mother.
So the large amounts of coke and heroin she snorted didn't prevent that? Weird!
I think daughter didn't want to tell mom exactly what did it! lmfao
She has a horse? Is snorting ketamine a thing? I just googled it & ketamine does come in a powdered form & druggies do snort it.
Bet that crack in her septum was for wearing a mask... And one of her dim parent cracked her in the face with their fist.
Def didn't get the Crack from a mask, probably a horse riding accident or just wear an tear
Willing to bet the injury stated isn't even what's happening in the picture
I didn't think it was possible but I believe the drivel I heard from a random drunk tripping bloke back in 92 made more sense than this.
Is it just me or does that look like some earbuds...?
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Brain & soul both ache after reading this nonsense. A better argument for reversible sterilization until after passing a mental competency test I've rarely found. Just... wow.
I couldn’t make it all the way through. To think that people like this exist is enough for me to wish that natural selection would hurry the f*ck up..
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I read the baby animal post before this one. I really should have read it after. I need something to wash my brain out.
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I can't fathom how some of this is even legal. Where does the line for child abuse begin? Intent can't be it. I know it's a slippery slope, but these moms are starting their kids off at a severe disadvantage.
Many of the threads on this list fall into the: "I'll bullshit /lie or make something up / Go against the norm" in order to post it to social media, to gain responses, both positive and negative in order to feel relevant, validated or special! Or some people are unbelievably stupid!
Dayum I'm facepalming so hard through this I think my neighbors called the cops. How, in the name of everything holy, are these people still alive, nevermind procreating?
Am I the only one that had to stop reading these at a point? I honestly have never encountered anyone this stupid in my life. Although, that's probably a good thing, but certainly cut down on some entertainment.
Just want to put this out there, (good) chiropractors are actually real doctors. They’re just not hospital doctors. If they have the education, then they are actually doctors. Chiropractors are kind of like physical therapists, only instead of recovering form an injury they help with everyday muscle and joint pain. Like if you have a sore back from sitting wrong, going to a good chiropractor is actually very helpful. What they can’t help with is things like broken bones, infections, any major injuries. Turned your hip wrong from a fall and now it’s sore, yes. Broke your hip from a fall, no. Good chiropractors are NOT pseudoscience. I don’t know about the ones mentioned in this thread, but chiropractics is a real, valid medical field. Well, maybe subfield, but still.
Kid gets contraception at puberty. Stays on it until they a)find a committed partner who b) wants a baby with them. Only after they c) both take and pass a course on pregnancy and parenting do they d)get a license that allows removal of contraception and they can have a kid. In a better world than this one.
Brain & soul both ache after reading this nonsense. A better argument for reversible sterilization until after passing a mental competency test I've rarely found. Just... wow.
I couldn’t make it all the way through. To think that people like this exist is enough for me to wish that natural selection would hurry the f*ck up..
Load More Replies... You have this cute baby animal post that melts your heart and then you get this post that melts your brain! Thanks BP for the mixed feelings!
I read the baby animal post before this one. I really should have read it after. I need something to wash my brain out.
Load More Replies... I can't fathom how some of this is even legal. Where does the line for child abuse begin? Intent can't be it. I know it's a slippery slope, but these moms are starting their kids off at a severe disadvantage.
Many of the threads on this list fall into the: "I'll bullshit /lie or make something up / Go against the norm" in order to post it to social media, to gain responses, both positive and negative in order to feel relevant, validated or special! Or some people are unbelievably stupid!
Dayum I'm facepalming so hard through this I think my neighbors called the cops. How, in the name of everything holy, are these people still alive, nevermind procreating?
Am I the only one that had to stop reading these at a point? I honestly have never encountered anyone this stupid in my life. Although, that's probably a good thing, but certainly cut down on some entertainment.
Just want to put this out there, (good) chiropractors are actually real doctors. They’re just not hospital doctors. If they have the education, then they are actually doctors. Chiropractors are kind of like physical therapists, only instead of recovering form an injury they help with everyday muscle and joint pain. Like if you have a sore back from sitting wrong, going to a good chiropractor is actually very helpful. What they can’t help with is things like broken bones, infections, any major injuries. Turned your hip wrong from a fall and now it’s sore, yes. Broke your hip from a fall, no. Good chiropractors are NOT pseudoscience. I don’t know about the ones mentioned in this thread, but chiropractics is a real, valid medical field. Well, maybe subfield, but still.
Kid gets contraception at puberty. Stays on it until they a)find a committed partner who b) wants a baby with them. Only after they c) both take and pass a course on pregnancy and parenting do they d)get a license that allows removal of contraception and they can have a kid. In a better world than this one.
