To hate all the gleeful revelling in back to school posts

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Instagram posters etc actively rejoicing in getting in the kids back to school, jokes about chucking them through the door and so on
I get it, it’s hard with kids off, you have no peace and so on, but these posts just make me feel uncomfortable and the videos just aren’t that funny

Most people are in the middle really but I think it's part and parcel of social media that people exaggerate for engagement.

@Twistedfirestarters absolutely. It’s all for the clout.

I suppose it depends what their relationship is like with their parents generally? I remember my mum expressing relief at the end of the school holidays but it never bothered me as I felt loved and had a happy home life. Plus even as a kid I had enough self awareness to realise that me and my sister's endless arguing was annoying!

Can I just say, I'd never considered how to write pee'd before, but that's definitely how I'll do it should I ever have to. Much better than peeed which just looks silly.

It is tongue in cheek. Who forced you to watch?

I think if the kids in question are loved and well-adjusted, it won’t be an issue. I know my parents were always relieved when the holidays were over - I certainly never felt unloved or unwanted because of it. Not everything has to be censored or changed just in case it may one day cause offence.

I agree op, its a bit much

I’ve not actually seen anything like this so I guess it depends who you follow on social media.

At my dc’s primary school in Australia they had champagne in the library after school drop off on the first day.

I think it's just the counterpoint to all those who are posting that they are in tears, that they are going to miss their babies sooooo much, that the house feels so empty etc etc.

Most people are just getting on with it.

This is why I don't have social media. Don't have the time for parhetic attention seekers. I will admit that I was happy to send my kids in to school though but don't feel the whole world needs to know.

It’s just a bit of fun, my kids were desperate to get back to school, they much prefer being busy and with their friends. They’d be saying the same, hooray to getting away from my parents! It’s all tongue in cheek, it doesn’t mean we haven’t enjoyed the holidays, but I can be so glad I don’t have to work out what we’re all going to eat constantly!!

Past trauma? Maybe get some help or at least stay off social media for a while!

I saw an “hilarious” photo of - mum with her middle finger up on the doorstep and dc walking down the garden path turned with middle fingers up back. People were loving it. My only thought was “we’re different a kind of parents”.

Scroll past then and wait til the Halloween present piles start

I feel equally sad and happy about them being back. I think it's pretty pointless and annoying to post about either feeling. This is why I don't spend time on social media.

Get a life.

It's a joke. Lighten up.

I often think these are people who don’t need to juggle work and kids in school at the same fime tbh 🏃‍♀️

Try LinkedIn instead. Endless photos of children standing on the doorstep in uniform and a soppy post about how amazing it is to see them grow and what it taught the poster about B2B sales.

I’m not sad our (SEN) son is back at school one bit.

He loves school, ran in this morning without looking back, and he absolutely craves the routine and structure.

Because of that he’s had some absolutely horrendous points of this summer. Behaviour and sleep disruption off the scale. There’s been points this summer I’d have sent him to outer space, nevermind back to school. He doesn’t need to spend every waking minute with us, he needs his peers and an education.

Waved cheerfully off yesterday and today, back into a stable routine. Not sure what there is to be sad about!

My children went to school before the advent of social media. We had to make do with punching the air joyfully 😅

Australia are doing it right.

This.