to ask if MN has ever changed your views?

[MissScarletintheLibrary]

I've been a lurker for a few months now and well even if I was a newbie you would soon see that people have very strong views on mumsnet.

Should as children giving up seats for adults.
People deleting you as a friend on Facebook.
Wearing make-up.

Not being specific these are just recent ones that I've witnessed.

However has reading others peoples views on here on any particular topic actually made you change your views or made you think differently?

It has opened my eyes alot

What's with all the chicken pox references - I don't know about this, can someone enlighten me pls :)

Made me aware that even when things are tough,there is actually always someone who will listen.
I'm more aware of sn & disabilities. I bloody admire the parents who have children with sn because they have a tough time in rl.
I never really knew people judged people who ff or didn't make up freshly puréed food.

Yes, in more good ways than bad.

Lois chicken pox can actually be extremely serious in some cases. It can be fatal. There is a thread on here at the moment where a young child has been seriously ill due to chicken pox (swelling on the brain I believe).

Yes. Like others, it has made me more aware of feminist issues, and it has completely changed my view on porn, I used to think it was pretty harmless. Now I don't, but would never be strong enough to argue the point against someone - not yet, anyway!

And sometimes on threads I have actually swayed one way then the other, whilst reading detailed arguements for and against!

And I have learnt SOOOOO, SO much, not just "never google"

lois get a tissue

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1649084-DS-still-asleep-what-to-do

It has made me question how I'm perceived by others. This is because quite frequently I've read an AIBU and made up a thought in my head about the issue, only to find that it goes against what everyone else says afterwards. It's made me realise I need to work harder on getting perspective.