To find small children slightly repulsive

You are not a fucking Mumsnet keeper either!

The only thing I can’t bear is a runny nose etc, but then I don’t like adults with it either! Especially myself! But children seem prepared to let it stay which makes my stomach churn.

The clue is in the name. It's a parents forum.

And it has a child free section and many other sections that do not relate to parenting and you are not the fucking MN park keeper, self appointed or otherwise!

Can't believe this thread has lasted over four hours. It wouldn't about any other group of people. Except maybe Americans.

I was on here donkeys before I had DC and I was in favour of the childfree section as I can think of loads of things that would be particular to people without children. But since it was introduced there seems to be an increase in the level of nastiness about children, and pregnant women and maternity leave too. Surely somewhere called Mumsnet with the tag line "for parents by parents" would have at its core a tolerance for children being children.

“Sweet little thing” is what is known as a term of endearment, and such language IS actually appropriate when talking about child ren. Societally we are in serious trouble if we have a problem with loving language but make excuses for abusive language targeting the most innocent.

The clue is in the name. It's a parents forum.

As for sinister children as a class have far more to fear from their parents than they do so called child haters on MN. Their parents are far more likely to exploit, harm and abuse them.

I find the idea that children are all angels and “sweet little things” equally odd. I’ve met 4 year olds who were decidedly not sweet little things. They’re real children with real personalities which vary as much as those of adults. Not the doe eyed Disneyfied version that they’re being painted as.

Yes and the thing is that of all the people in society the most vulnerable and precious are children, yet there are those who take relish in using language to refer to them that they’d never dream of using to talk about many adults. I agree with the other poster who said there is something sinister about it all.

It’s one thing to find other people’s small children “gross” (which I still find a bit odd as their cuteness usually overrides things like snot and so called bad table manners) but it’s quite another thing to use entirely inappropriate language such as “repulsive” to describe your own children or grandchildren on a public forum. I’m picturing the sweet little thing happily munching away while grandma is like “urgh gross, going to post what I think about my grandchild on Mumsnet!” It’s very odd.

What BS. No One has forgotten that they were a child. WTF does that even mean?
I’m quite sure that I drove my parents crazy at times and that raising me had its unpleasant and frustrating aspects. I’m not deluded enough to think otherwise because that’s life as a parent no matter how much you adore them. It doesn’t mean that they loved me any less.

I hate to feed such an obvious troll but can you imagine this post with the word ‘children’ changed to represent other groups. Change it to ‘disabled people’ ‘black people’ ‘the elderly’ ‘gay people’ and see this post for what it really is.

As for the poster who refers to a child as ‘it’ don’t even get me started. I have said before and will say again, there is something extremely sinister around all of these child hating posts on MN.

I’d love to go through MN and see which of the oh so outraged posters on here have never complained about any aspect of raising a child or about any of their loved ones.

This is true of a couple of teachers I’ve known unfortunately.

How quickly these horrid people forget they too were once children.

You can use Reddit instead of being on a parent's forum. Most people here have snotty, dribbling and stinking children.

She can also use MN.

I would not speak about a small child eating in this way. You sound as though you lack compassion.

OP isn’t coming across well because she started a thread to divide people and cause tension 🤪

I don’t understand all the Pollyannas on here pretending that young children can’t be gross. Or do they truly revel in the sights and smells of snot and drool? It may be an unavoidable part of parenting but it doesn’t mean that it can’t be gross.

Just as children can be utterly and exasperating or are we not allowed to mention that too? It doesn’t mean that they aren’t worth it but I don’t think it’s helpful to pretend that parenting is always a bed of roses.

How do you think she got grand children if she didn’t have children? 🙄

Seriously, stop the hatred of the child free, it’s unseemly.

Some of my in-laws are child haters. When my DCs were born, they went out of their way to express their irritation and impatience ("go away and come back when you're 18".) Lots of anti-child posts on FB etc. They moved to a remote part of Portugal and said it was wonderful apart from the "screaming kids down the track".

I told them I was sure the "screaming kids down the track" would get used to their funny ways in time and that personally, I couldn't stand anyone over the age of 50 (they were/are!).

Interestingly, one of them used to be a teacher.🙄

You can use Reddit instead of being on a parent's forum. Most people here have snotty, dribbling and stinking children.

When I was around three years old I remember distinctly liking or disliking grown ups based on very subtle indicators and look ing back I was pretty spot on. Children are far wiser and more perceptive than adults usually give them credit for. Often they are like little philosophers because they are viewing life from an unconditioned and non-jaded perspective.

You’re not coming across well op, and I really hope you’re not the intolerant person you make out to be on here in real life,

and if you really do find small kids repulsive I hope your daughter kicks you into the long grass.