To think people posting their DC's GCSE grades on Facebook are annoying?

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Just that really. It's hideous boasting imo. Tell them to their face you're proud of them, don't plaster it all over social media to rub in the faces of those who haven't done so well. (For the record, mine don't do them for a few years yet.)

I agree. I don't mind The ones saying they're proud of DC but you don't need to include the results.

I agree totally. On the way to get DS's results I said I wouldn't be posting anything on Facebook whether they were amazing or otherwise. He completely agreed.

Perhaps, like my child they've been put under an obscene amount of pressure from school to work harder and harder, to not take "soft" subjects ie creative ones, and we are just pleased that they have got through it relatively unscathed. My daughter achieved a mixed bag of results and I'm as proud of her as I was her sister who achieved 10A/A*. She didn't work any less hard. They both are mildly disabled and work through pain and other shitty symptoms. So I have posted a "congratulations" on social media, plus messages to friends whose children got results today, regardless of grades . I'm proud of my children, and the efforts of them and their friends who seem to have an educational system falling in tatters around their ears. You could always just not look.

Na my dd struggled all the way through school while others sailed and they slacked off later as thought had in the bag, as did their parents, my dd worked her arse off while others slacked and beat them all!

Put in FB and fuck them my dd deserved her results as their kids did theirs.

Suffice to say I parent of a slacker I have 5 kids.

But no op credit where it's due.

Just me obviously my dd far too cool to do FB

Isn't there already a thread about this?

Sorry YABU

My children are not of that age yet, but it's been really nice to see how my friends DC have got on, without sending out 101 texts to ask, and then worrying if you're being rude, or asking out if turn if they didn't do as well as expected.

But I only have real friends on Facebook- so perhaps that makes a difference. I do actually care about how my friends DC get on and I am genuinely interested.

TheWitch oh yes, there is already, sorry! MN please feel free to delete, I've had my little rant now!