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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!

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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Burs
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to talk about this more. I know a few guys who did not want children or not more and were pressured by their partners. No is a no for both sexes

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WOWZERS i'm surprised half of these where clever enough to breed

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Lytha
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How, with almost two years of pandemic, can we still have so many antivax? (for all vaccines!)

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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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Bird Nerd
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a girl and I go outside and play in mud. My little brother likes "my little pony". Can the Karens just get used to it?

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Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A 'peer review' is meaningless when your peers typically review their favorite windows to lick.

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Burs
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always celebrated my birthday with my older cousin and it was amazing. I like how we both have the same birthday.

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Burs
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet that this is the kind of mother that later swears that “my girl is naturally feminine, We never forced her”

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On The Governor Saying Masks Aren’t Required For Students. No Masks = Higher Grades!

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Watching
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unvaccinated Trump Trash are dangerous people. No matter how much we laugh and how stupid they sound, they are killing people.

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AzKhaleesi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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AzKhaleesi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Lytha
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are there really people who are proud to display this at home?

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LuckyL
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, I get that sometimes parents do desperate things when there's no toilet around. But why put in on the internet??? (and yes, I hope she went to the next bathroom, dumped it and washed it and then bought it)

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Libby Tailor
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the baby will inherit its look from its father and not intelligence from you.

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Watching
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where do they come up with this crap? Are they literally sitting in a little dark room making up lies?

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Ryan-James O'Driscoll
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One INCH Crack caused by Facemask? was she wearing iron helmet and did facepalm?

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Jo87
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joey doesn't rhyme with piggy... Oh its in thick Southern Drawl... Right yes of course

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I I
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

take away the game , Fortnite is set up so your kids can spend a fortune , just delete it , have him cry for a week , he's crying anyway may as well give him a reason too

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Les Izmore
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I first read FTM I thought Female To Male transgender but after reading the rest realized it must mean Fu(k!ng Total Moron.

Alicia Miller
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pseudoscience at its finest. My Scorpio sister was an ideal child. She never gave my parents any trouble. Raised by our Libra father. It's almost as if none of this matters and it's all BS.

graye b
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FTM usually stands for Female To Male ( transgender ). As one myself, I honestly can't tell if this person is using in it this context or not.

Issac (he/him)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm pretty sure it means "first time mother" in this case, but I was really confused at first

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Valley Girl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Drown child in holy water. Bury body at a farm. Hop backwards 10 times before the sun rises. Baby will come back as a Taurus. And a demon, but still better than a Scorpio.

Tamra Stiffler
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a radical thought -hear me out- how about you just relax and love your kid, no matter what. Hm?

Derek Clark
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an Aquarius, my mother is a Sagittarius and my sister is an Aries. What does this matter you may ask? It doesn't! At all.

Gabi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a Taurus and my mother is an Aries. Still, we have managed not to kill each other in those last 4 decades.

Dodo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother and sister are an Aries/Taurus combo. They've come close to killing each other a few times.

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My O My
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son is a leo, it is even worse than you can imagine. It all startet when he learned to walk. Now I live in constat fear for my life as he sees me as his prey. He has already managed to catch me twice and I have huge scars on my legs where he ripped pieces of flesh out of me so he could feast on it.

Marco Conti
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There should be some kind of license for procreation. I know it sounds bad, but astrology mum up there is terrifying.

kjorn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i stop reading as soon i read she was afraid of getting a water sign child

Ivy la Sangrienta
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me and my kid are both Leo's. Damn it's been a battle. Lol, jk, it didn't make a difference.

Terilee Bruyere
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*gasps* I'm a fire sign and my daughter is a water sign! What ever shall I do?

Lemuel Hill
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guess what??? Your baby is going to snuff you with a pillow!! Have a nice day. 🦂

cloud
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

im a scorpio and as a kid i literally just sat there playing with trains and barbies and superheros like a normal ass kid

Kisses4Katie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only thing I pull out astrology for is when my husband and son get stubborn, I say it is the earth sign in them. But never in a bad way! And we all get stubborn it’s just light teasing. I can’t imagine thinking I wouldn’t like my child cause of their star sign 🙄

Analyn Lahr
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FTM? What does that mean? I'm guessing they don't mean female to male?

Bird Nerd
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ima show this to my friend who loves astrology... They will say it is stupid.

Carlo Reyes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i hate ppl like this i am a leo and according to some ppl im a feminine when i was little i would wait for halloween pick the most small costume or the biggest then attack my cousin to get candy i made a 20 yo cry and obey my orders so i know this dosent mean im boysish but put me in a dress i wil fing come to kill you

Susan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Take an ounce of coriander, a bit of hemlock and place it under your pillow for a fortnight. On the next 3/8 of a full moon, get a stone shaped like Abraham Lincoln, and smash yourself in the face with it.

Andrea Huber-Murphy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scorpio is a fire sign. Not that it matters. Does anyone love their baby less bc of it's astrological sign????

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2 years ago

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Enby.Minecraft.Bee.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah because a ¨science¨ is true and determines your babies personality. Im guessing this person is a american?

Rice and beans 🤠
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Sorry I crashed my car into yours but I'm an asparagus and it's in my blood," honestly she must have a brain the size of a peanut

Lynn Morello
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually Libra and Scorpio get along famously, My son is Scorpio and my dad is Libra, they are almost always off together doing little odd jobs in dads work shed an my son thinks the world of him. He hates it when it is time to go home and he can;t stay at grandads place because it is school the next day.

Bacony Cakes
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

since when in the where's wally hollywood were scorpions water based

SobyKay
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

proof parenting courses before being able to conceive shud be a thing

J-A Laine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone should tell her that planets don't affect what kind of qualities/personality someone gets.

Vivian Orr
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again….. do y’all think this is a real story??? I just can’t think it is.

Stijn Kraft
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When on Tinder I always swipe the Spiritual/Astrology types left with a vengeance. This is why. Loonies.

JitkaBlitka
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least she dont forge solutions like inducing birth month earlier...

deanna woods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad is a Gemini and I am a Virgo and we get along just fine.

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howdylee
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so sad :( My late MIL had 3 sons, and said that her sons got to pick her daughters. THAT'S how a kind and loving relationship is, NOT this BS.

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