The Wright Stuff: Is there a school-gate 'MUMMY' mafia at your school....?

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... and are you part of it..?

what is that all about..?

Answer 1

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My son is too young for school, he's only 11 weeks, but there's a Baby Mafia too. You see them at the baby groups and the weigh clinic and stuff, they're all about how their baby is so much more advanced than yours. Like "Charlie started rolling over weeks ago/Charlie is so aware/Charlie has got such good motor skills/Charlie this and Charlie that and Charlie is so wonderfull!" ... and you just want to point out to them that Charlie has his own fist so far down his own throat that he's turning purple and dribbling vomit.

My own MIL does it. She has two grandsons - our son and her daughter's son. But the way she carries on, you'd think she only had her daughter's son. He's a few weeks older than our son and she's constantly telling us how he can do this and that and the other. It's at the point where we feel like we can't celebrate any milestones with her because if our son does something, her other grandson did it first and did it so much better. She was even going on about how he's "been here before" and has some great wisdom inside of him, whereas my son hasn't and has so much to learn - so not only is her other grandson better than him in this life he was apparently better than him in the previous one too.

I take what they say with a huge pinch of salt. For all MIL was boasting, both babies were here the other day and other grandson couldn't roll over, couldn't sit up on his own, and couldn't grab/pick things up (all stuff she had bragged about him being able to do - the look on her face when she admitted he couldn't was priceless).

Babies all develop at their own pace and they aren't performing seals. Pushing them to do things they aren't ready for yet just upsets them and frustrates them. Some parents seem to think it's a competition of who can have the best baby, who has the best clothes, the best toys, the best birthday party (one of the mothers at baby group hired a venue and a DJ for her daughter's first birthday - seriously). It's not a "who loves their baby more" contest and it's sort of sad when people try to make it into one.

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Answer 2

They're everywhere - it's about my kid's smarter/better looking/cuter than yours and, what's more, I'm a better mother than you too. It's not actually said out loud (most of the time) but that's the inference. No, I was never a part of that. I felt a bit sorry for them to be honest - it's like they define their identity through their kids.

Answer 3

My kids have to be bussed in since we're in the country but over course like anywhere, there is the group of super involved moms who are a little controlling. I've never felt excluded just not exactly included. The 4-h moms are the most like me and seem to be the most easy going.

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rural farming community

Answer 4

LMFAO...........

Yeah there is...............

I think they're a bunch of sad no life wastes of space...........

And they know it..........

So are usually nice to me..................

And NO I'm not part of it............

I've been above all that shite since I was about 13............

As any woman should have been!

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Whip...Contempt is my middle name!

Answer 5

Didnt watch the prog doc so not sure what you mean ,but there is a lot of snobbery amongst some of the parents in my kids school . some of them think they are all that and look down their noses at some of the mums , the married ones are the worst they come all dressed up as if they are going out for the night i ignore the ugly biatches .I'm better than the lot of them lol