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To absolutely fucking hate...

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MinnieMouse5678 · 29/03/2014 14:33

...kids that squeal at the top of their voices for absolutely no reason than wanting attention!

And also their parents for not making them shut the hell up!

Im not talking babies or even toddlers, but young children just bloody squealing! Argh!!!!!!

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DawnMumsnet · 29/03/2014 20:48

Evening, folks

Thanks to all who have reported this thread.

Just wanted to drop a link to our This Is My Child info on invisible disabilities www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/this-is-my-child-myth-6-you-can-always-tell-when-someone-has-a-disability

We'd be grateful if posters could try to be sensitive to the challenges faced by parents of children with special needs - and indeed, to the challenges we all face as parents.

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RowanMumsnet · 30/03/2014 12:04

@HollaAtMeBaby

Oh FFS the thread wasn't about special needs, it was about screaming. Every annoying thing that anyone does could in theory be put down to special needs. OBVIOUSLY people who can't help their behaviour should not be held responsible but although you'd never think it from reading Mumsnet, most people are in fact NT - yes, the t stands for typical - so do we have to have so many threads derailed by SN parents twisting everything into an attack on them/their DCs, reporting, and then this tedious politically correct MNHQ arse-covering? Sharp slaps all round, quite frankly...

Well obviously we don't want to come across as tediously politically correct, Holla.

But as others have pointed out, we feel very strongly that parents of children with SN are completely integrated into the MN community - and we like it that way, and we'd be really grateful if all MN posters could bear that in mind. Parents of children with SN aren't a distinct community whose needs should only be considered in specific circumstances and on specifically-flagged threads; they are threaded throughout MN and throughout all the parenting issues we all face, and we try to encourage an atmosphere in which that is recognised and respected.

We do think that characterising these parents as a 'brigade' who 'lie in wait' hoping to trip people up is a bit much, to be honest. All parents have a right to articulate their personal experiences - they really don't need specific permission to do so.

Hope that makes sense?

And hope everyone's having a good Mother's Day, screamy or otherwise

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RowanMumsnet · 30/03/2014 12:28

@WetAugust

I avoided this thread because I knew exactly how it would go and I was right

Yep, that's my point. It's so predictable. It's like being on a forum about tropical fish and posting repeatedly 'my tortoise doesn't do that'.

We may be misunderstanding you WetAugust, but that seems to be pretty much the opposite of the inclusivity we're aiming for, tbh.

Rather than regarding children with SN as 'tortoises' and NT children as 'tropical fish', we'd love it if all posters could think of children - whatever their needs and differences, and let's face it all children have their individual needs and differences - as just children. And any parent, of any child, is more than welcome to add their perspective to any discussion on here.

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