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Is it normal to post your kids accomplishments on WhatsApp group ?

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yoyopup · 28/02/2026 22:12

I am in a WhatsApp group with a few of my year 1 DDs friends from school. There’s 5 mums of 5 girls that are friends. We organise events or play dates for the girls and have random chit chat. It’s not super active on the chit chat front.

anyway, recently the mums are increasingly posting pics of their DDs accomplishments - like drawing a cool picture or playing instruments. That kind of thing.

it’s always done in a ‘ wow look what my DD did, she’s so amazing ‘ way.

AIBU that this sort of thing shouldn’t really be shared in this thing and it’s getting a bit annoying ?

the only people who are going to be equally as proud as you of something your kid did, are maybe the grandparents or very close family/ very close friends.

Am I being weird ? I don’t feel like sharing these accomplishments with the group and it’s kind of annoying to receive them..

thoughts?

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mondaytosunday · 28/02/2026 22:29

So these people are just school contacts and not friends? Then no I wouldn’t. I do have a WhatsApp group of mums I met through school (our kids are 22/23 now) and we still meet up regularly. So yes I’d post some big achievement on that like ‘hey X passed her driving test’! Or in younger years: ‘Y got a merit for Grade 4 piano’. But not if they were star of the week or something.

funrunsunday · 28/02/2026 22:24

No. It's weird. I don't post my kids online. Send a few pics to family/friends.

Lovely they're so proud but school WhatsApp groups are annoying enough without this 😂

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