There’s always one - parent WhatsApp group

[CoronaKidd]

I’m a long-term parent as I have older kids but this is my first time on a parent WhatsApp group (for my youngest).

In general it is fine but now the preschool has corona and one member of the group is being ridiculously unreasonable. Basically it seems she’s unhappy with the nursery but comes across to me as being so entitled and ungrateful. She seems to be very unhappy that her DC may have now been exposed at nursery - which is utterly ridiculous given it is absolutely rife in our area and really beyond anyone’s control.

I know I just need to ignore the negativity but, I’m really having to bite my tongue. I’ve tried a few diplomatic replies but she’s not getting it.

I’m tempted to report the comments back to the preschool but would that just be causing more trouble?

Ask her if she voted Tory? The incompetence of the government may have contributed to the level in your area.

Oh good God, don't do that.

If you're adult enough to be in a parent group, you should be adult enough to accept she's entitled to her views/feelings.

The nursery will have enough to deal with, sorting out the children's squabbles without the parents running to them too.

I wouldn’t bother telling preschool as they probably already know what she’s like
Just call her out in the group. I’m sure that everyone will follow your lead

Just ignore it. You'll create more problems for yourself.

Honestly I wouldn’t engage with her. Just mute your WhatsApp

Why are you involving yourself with this nonsense?

"Just call her out in the group. I’m sure that everyone will follow your lead"

The possibility is then she could be hounded off the group. She could have health anxiety. This is a sign that you need to spend less time on there and not get so involved.

I would point out that nursery staff are already underpaid and work extremely hard, anyone with kids will understand childcare is a pretty relentless job without all the covid shit on top. I'm sure they're doing their very best to keep everyone safe.

Parents what's app groups can be the worse. Just mute the group for a little while until it blows over
Or set up a splinter group for the parents you actually want to talk to /meet up/be friends with

Ask her if she voted Tory? The incompetence of the government may have contributed to the level in your area.

Don't be so utterly silly, it's engulfed the whole globe or hadn't you noticed

why can't you just ignore her posts?

Just met the group for the day.

Just ignore her. You can delete her comments from your page, which I find helps. It doesn't delete it for anyone else but makes me feel better. There is a dad on one of mine who always has to post unhelpful attention seeking "jokey" responses that detract from the actual question. I always delete them!

Why on earth would you report her to the preschool?

Just ignore her.

@WorraLiberty

Oh good God, don't do that.

If you're adult enough to be in a parent group, you should be adult enough to accept she's entitled to her views/feelings.

The nursery will have enough to deal with, sorting out the children's squabbles without the parents running to them too.

Absolutely this!

'You say it best - doo doo doo doo

When you say NOTHING AT ALL'

is the parent whatsapp theme tune I find

Ignore her, it's not worth the hassle in engaging

Come back here and tell us more of what she said so you vent with us instead! You can be as scathing as you like on here to vent!

Mute the whole conversation so you don't get notifications then you can just read when you're in the right frame of mind to ignore her nonsense.

...either that or tell her when you think she's being ridiculous but personally I wouldn't bother.

School WhatsApp groups are always weird places, but it’s often outweighed by the benefits of being in the information stream, getting party invites, working out whether you’ve been exposed to covid, etc.

You do everyone a favour by staying out of the drama. And if you absolutely must get into it with someone take it off the group and reply privately.

And seriously, don’t bring it up with the preschool.

Totally agree that there’s one (or more) of these types in every school/nursery WhatsApp group. I’ve been in three so far and it’s definitely a pattern!

You would be unreasonable to report it though. Just ignore her and mute the group for a couple of days.

Maybe she’s just worried about it, her child/someone at home might have underlining health problems. Reporting her to the preschool sounds abit harsh tbh.

Ignore. Don’t involve yourself in policing the conversations of other parents no matter how stupid and ignorant they are.

You think it's unreasonable that she's upset her child has been potentially exposed to covid?! I'm so fed up of the 'we just need to assume everyone's going to get it brigade'. We can still take precautions so less people do get it and have to stay out of work stc

What's she actually saying? And how are people responding? I wouldn’t get into a WhatsApp fight over this.

"Telling on her" won't help anyone as others have said ignore/mute the group so you can dip in and out, don't feed into the gossip and drama