Are you a ‘disney’ mum?

A couple of weeks ago, I took my son to a playgroup thing, and he had a couple of run ins with a slightly older boy who kept snatching toys, arguing and pushing. His mum was chasing after him constantly.

At bedtime that day, I got a message on Instagram from the mum apologising. I was impressed she found me! She said he’d been a bit full on and it’d been a tough day. No harm done.

I did get a wry smile when I looked at her profile, though - it seems she’s a semi-local “influencer”, and her most recent post was a highlight reel of the playgroup and all about how much fun they’d had and how wholesome it was to get out into nature and make new friends…

Even if they did genuinely live in some Carrie Johnson fairytale world of daffodils, chickens, soft focus Laura Ashley ruffles and perfect tousled tots in £100 wellies, the mere fact that they’re posting it on social media tells you something about them.

What it reveals is that just living it isn’t enough to make them happy. They’re insufferable braggers who are desperate for validation. That, to me, takes away any kudos because you know it’s staged for an audience. It’s therefore inauthentic and a bit pathetic.

It's all fake

The more you watch that kind of thing, the more that the algorithm will send you that kind of content. Make an effort to ignore/scroll past that kind of thing and it will eventually stop.

No-one lives like this but you've acknowledged that already?

"They never mention the children arguing, making a mess, irritating their parents, whining etc."

I don't understand parents who constantly have their phones welded to their hands, ready to photo/video their kids every move.

But I understand even less, those who follow them on SM which encourages them to do that to their kids.

Why are people so interested in looking at this shit?

Umm we went to see snow white and Lilo and stitch. That's as Disney as it gets here

Manufactured SM lives aren't real.

@Caterpillarmama If someone was to be this "perfect" as you call it you would never know about it because they wouldn't spend their time showing the world how perfect they are. This is all for show just like Megan Markle playing the perfect housewife to sell stuff.

I was a sahm 20 years ago before the DCs went to school and yes basically lived like this. But it was because we had one income and didn't have spare money for eating out, takeaways, ready meals, days out where we spent money etc

I had to be creative with entertainment and activities which meant a lot of activities together in the home, walks, train rides, even a bus trip to Sainsbury's was fun and exciting for the dcs.

There's no way I would imagine this being sustainable whilst working full time or a single parent.

I could easily take 5 photos showing 5 positive seconds of our day doing 5 different activities that would look lovely... however it doesn't show that one activity took longer to set up than they actually spent on it. And the moaning when my youngest didn't want to use their scooter anymore haha! Or all the other bits that are easy to focus on. I've just got better at focusing on those 5 positive seconds for my sanity!

No OP it's not real life

People do these things but don't have real life

Dd and I spent a couple.of hours baking together yesterday. Today our 'us' time.is watching the Simpsons togethernwrapped in a fluffy blanket. You do whatever you can to get through and enjoy spending time with them.

It's 2025. We KNOW that social media is largely fake and portraying a highly exaggerated fiction.

Right? stop bloody clicking on it and you'll stop seeing it!

I doubt anyone lives like this.it would be exhausting! The Internet gives a false impression as most people cherry pick the best bits to show off. I don't pay any attention really,our friend always had clips of her on the beach with DC. In reality she was a working mum ,just showing clips of her an hour after work!