AIBU to be upset about a facebook group

[Scienceawarenaturalparent]

AIBU staying in a facebook group?

I have had a quick name change!

I'm a member of a large facebook group for natural parents who are also science aware. This group has been a fantastic resource and support network but its all gone wrong. The people running the page all have their own issues and are ganging up on other members for what seems like no reason.

I have thought long and hard about leaving the group because it seems like playground bullying but i just cant seem to do it.

They are great when you need your hand holding and will help you with any problem you could think of. They have a fantastic support network of Nutella addicts and people with difficulties like ADHD and depression I'm not sure there there is a better community.

BUT posting in it can be like stepping onto a nest of vipers. People having mental health problems can be kicked out for no good reason OR supported with people being sent round to check on them or taxis being called and paid for by the group when fleeing a husband. It just depends if you are in with the right crowd or not.

There are many LGBTQ members and there are a lot who are in relationships or who have experimented with eachother and this is causing tension on the group.

I cant seem to leave but i can't seem to stay and I don't even know these people in real life.

Ooooooh SANP on mumsnet! Again leave of you don't agree with it but it's a great and supportive resource imo

Oh lordy. You'd be better off just leaving and not starting Mumsnet threads about it, you know that'll be the next kick off

It's just a parenting group that don't tend to believe coconut oil and breastmilk soothe everything and aren't anti vax like a lot of other parenting groups that aren't what you'd call mainstream.

It's actually not as drama ridden or cliquey as op would like it to sound. Some members know each other irl, they have whip rounds to help when people are having bother and generally have some pretty good advice.

I'm in the group and I love it. If I didn't I would just leave. Which you should possibly do if you are this worried about it all

Oh and yes YABU

SANP is one of the most supportive communities I've had the pleasure of being apart of. All groups have occasional drama. This latest bout is being caused by ex members. They're ex for a reason; or those are my feelings after all this.

They have a fantastic support network of Nutella addicts

I reckon all the members have read this and know who the op is by now so might not be an issue for too long

I’m a Nutella addict. I don’t need to join NutAnon though because I don’t want to quit.

I'm done.

It's like Scientology. The way ex members have been gossiped about and turned on makes me uneasy.

What is natural parenting?!

yes can one of the numerous members of this group who have posted here please say what is natural parenting?

(Also, is this the "science aware natural parenting" Facebook group with the incredibly pixelated, poor doctored banner of periodic table elements? SUCH a cringe picture...)

FB groups are a massive waste of time and energy. I recommend FB pages relating to your interests, that way you get good info and scientific articles etc without the closed group cliquey mentality. I agree with an above poster-mumsnet is the same sort of thing. I came on mumsnet to read an old thread about autism as it came up on google which is usually how I end up back on this site. After a few minutes I tend to realise I'm wasting my life..Natural parenting is going to be cliquey because you're being a 'type' of parent instead of just a parent. All these cliques go wrong because everyone has a different idea what it means anyway.

This is amazing.

You've posted about what sounds like a grade A cult, and by page two you have numerous cult members members on here defending it.

RUUUUUN OP!

3-way relationships and everything

Is there a leader? Is he a very fertile man? Does he wear a robe?

Ok or maybe the OP is deliberately twisting facts, and telling half truths on a forum that she knows a lot of the group members also use, to try and get a rise out of people? It's a Facebook group, not a cult. No one is forced to be on there. a lot of the members are very clued up on things like autism and it is nice to have somewhere to ask questions and know that people have the knowledge to answer and support you.

Wait... Nutella addiction you say?

I knew it.

• 3-way relationships and everything grin

Is there a leader? Is he a very fertile man? Does he wear a robe?*

Almost spat my coffee out then.
Thanks for the laugh!

Oh you poor thing being picked on after the hideous thing you did to a vulnerable person.

No one is forced to be on there

Ok, but that's what you would say if it was a cult though...

I'm joking, I'm joking. The nutella thing IS weird though. Is it a euphemism?

'natural parenting'?

attack dogs turning up within minutes to savage you?

'science-aware'?

absolute batshit crazy bunch of loons.

Get out now.

www.encourage-cult-survivors.org/

Is this the group with 257 members?

WHAT IS THIS GROUP PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE SOME SENSE

I don't know about leaving the group, I am going to have to leave the thread as I have absolutely no idea what is going on.

Science aware natural parenting Nutella eaters?

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