to think this Facebook boasting every Paren's Evening is pointless?

[eachpeach11]

So every parents evening we get the "... is a very proud mummy". Ok so perhaps with older children this is valid. However, I have never know a Primary school child to have a really negative report. (Although I am sure some do).
So surely this boasting really doesn't mean very much.

their children are perfect, not and perfect.

Will I never learn to proof read ?

I started a similar thread 3 minutes before yours op not just me then. My issue is more with face to face bragging and questioning than FB - but FB boasting is annoying. I hide people who do it more than occasionally. If I am proud of my kids they need to know - I don't really need my friends to know - that should be a given for anyone who loves their kids afterall.

I refuse to ignore their achievements. Do any of us?
But you post "Gordy is a very proud mummy" on Facebook?

I hate the FB boasts too. Tell the kid if you're proud.

Mind you, that might be because last parents evening dd2 was cheeky and naughty that very day, and teach didn't hold back! I was .

I do like to see positive posts like that from my friend whose son has SEN though, just cause I know school is usually such a struggle for him.

I only know a couple of people who do this. And it's very weird because i know them in rl, so I know the discrepancy between the reality and the projected image. And so must other people. So what on earth is the point? Unless you are friends with loads of total strangers??

I just couldn't, even if I wanted to because I know people would snigger

My niece came top of her year in the SATS tests a few years ago and all the other parents were discussing how well their children did. They asked my sister how her daughter had done and she just made something up cos she was too embarrassed to admit she had come top. She did not want the other parents to think she was bragging. Modesty is rather unusual these days

I don;t have kids but I see nothing wrong in someone expressing how proud they are on facebook.

If you feel like they're rubbing your nose in it then thats your problem.

Perhaps we should make a list of 'acceptable facebook updates' for the misery arses of the world.

I would never dream of posting about Dd's parent evenings! How embarrassing.

I don't have a clue what is acceptable. I never post anything

why is it embarrassing?

I don't find anything "embarrassing" because I don't give a shit but I do find it odd when people post stuff like "Wow, fabbo lovely time with gawjuss mates love you all mwah mwah" and you know they all had a hideous fight and went to A&E (for eg)

I could understand if someone was posting their 43rd status on the subject, but one little sentence is seen as boasting, really?

Why is it so wrong to say something positive?

Hully i find that odd too, in fact the whole FB fab life thing is odd, i don't use it like that though, as said above i'll post all sorts of shit stuff on there good or bad mostly true.

I'm going to say nothing until my dc1 gets into TCD and then I will perhaps, maybe, maybe put that up! (or hang on, hold my horses, I'll wait 'til she gets a first and then put that up)

YANBU its pointless, esp for primary aged children. Same as people being proud of their children for starting Beavers or whatever. Yes its exciting when its your child, but to the rest of the world its booooooooooring.

I find showing off about things on Facebook cringe fully embarrassing. My dd had a brilliant report on parents evening (her first ever), but why would I write about it on Facebook?

people being bored by a sentence, better that than a 3 hour conversation about it surely?