I wish we would support each other in this difficult journey called parenthood. Humans are the only species that resort to these low tactics, all other species have other females support and care for the mother and protect the little ones.

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  • • mom94125 replied
    • 12 Jan 2015 , 4:16 pm

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  i agree but it is the times that we live in now

The world is made up of various mafias, surrounded by mafia mothers is horrible. Nothing worse than women bitching about others, we need support not to be down graded.

I joined a playgroup….thinking this would be great for both my sweet girl and me…. only to find that I returned home feeling deflated, lacking in everything and frustrated. Once I realised the group as a whole seemed to be scoring points off each other (and I wasn’t being paranoid), I left that group & found another which was amazing. Support, fun, support and more fun. It lightened my load considerably.

Well said. Women should support and help each other, not pressure, shame and compete with each other! There are far better ways to promote healthy lifestyles.

I have to say I have genuinely never seen this in real life. For example, Comparisons have always been reassuring – “yeah, my son has been walking for weeks, but look at how much better yours is at communicating!” The only time I’ve witnessed anything akin to this has been online.

I don’t like the negativity it brings, good read though,

Great article!! Thanks for a great read

it shouldn’t be this way

Remember the girls at school that you didn’t hang around with? Well, now we’re meeting the grown up version at work or in the mummy mafia. Choose who you hang around with and be civil but not close to those who make you sad, annoyed, miserable, sorry for yourself etc. As fascinating as they may think their imput is, if it isn’t relevant to your own situation, just think of it as spam. Smile and carry on!

these are popping up every where lol

As a new mumma it saddens me to see women so viciously condemn or criticize other mum’s. By God is hard with our own judgements and without others chiming in.

Here ,grrr I agree with it blog ,words can help & harm

Live life being happy with yourself , and as far as children go little Billy will not turn 18 and still not be toilet trained,children all develop at some stage.. children do things at different times, we are all different and just relax and enjoy your children they will get their first tooth when ITS ready not when Mary Jo said Missy Sue got hers.

I whole heartedly agree with everything said, well done!

I like the term ‘mummy mafia’

Thank you everyone for your comments. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one seeing this phenomenon in my life Thank you for reading x

haha… very interesting n unique article thos one

Great read thanks for sharing your article

Unfortunately The Mummy Mafia does exist & it will continue to do so until we change our way of thinking .We need to stop criticizing each other for the way we look, the way we parent & the way we look at social media to define ourselves as a woman & mother eg Yummy Mummy Or MILF. Woman can be so strong & supportive of each other & we also can be complete utter cows.

Often difficult to avoid unintentionally making comparisons when children become the centre of conversation. What could be viewed as competitive comments are really no more than another airing their experience. It can however be done in a manner / tone and worded so there is no doubt as to the bad intentions but mostly I find their is no negative intent just a desire to share. I think parents should be a little mindful and sometimes withhold sharing so that it doesn’t appear to be a my child is better than yours especially when the other parent is sharing some struggles or concerns.