Times/Mumsnet Article Today: Is he a Hugo or a Jack?

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women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6825023.ece

Blimey yet another journalist gets his her mortgage paid courtesy of filching MN.

oooh first comment:

It strikes me that MumsNet is a bit sexist. Are Fathers allowed to become members? If so, why isn't it called ParentNet?

why doesn't he just ask on here?

Good article I thought- a nice plug for us, but not ridiculously invasive.

lordy look at this one!

Galen Murphy wrote:
Websites like Mumsnet give the internet a bad name. Porn is not the problem. The proliferation of sites catering to everything from the banal to the utterly useless demean the brain and its ability to anaylse, theorise, speculate, and act in its own best interests, meaning that the next generation are likely to be all the same (mediocre) regardless of name.
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"Pregnancy: The Mumsnet Guide by Morag Preston is published by Bloomsbury at £12.99."

Looks like it's an official-ish book plug.

" Galen Murphy wrote:
Websites like Mumsnet give the internet a bad name. Porn is not the problem. The proliferation of sites catering to everything from the banal to the utterly useless demean the brain and its ability to anaylse, theorise, speculate, and act in its own best interests, meaning that the next generation are likely to be all the same (mediocre) regardless of name."

Great minds think alike.

Someone doesn't like 'the youth of today'.

They should change the tagline from 'Mumsnet - by parents for parents' to 'Mumsnet - destroying modern civilization faster than internet porn'.

'They should change the tagline from 'Mumsnet - by parents for parents' to 'Mumsnet - destroying modern civilization faster than internet porn'.'

Quote of the week!

MrsV

Good article I thought. At least there was some actual writing involved rather than a blanket c&p.

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That's got to be Quote of the Week

'Galen' is just upset coz of his name.

BIToffun, I'm sure your daughter won't shop at Next (except very occasionally).

Angus and Nancy!?!? we should start at thread about those two names and paste them. Individually they are nice, but they sound like pandas together....

don't see what the fuss is about.MN in the press- so what?

MV

Fantastic, it now is quote of the week. Fast thinking MNHQ!

Oh gosh! I didn't think it actually would be! Haha..

Totally agree with you Bellissima, 'Galen' has obviously had a lifetime of explaining over why his/her parents chose that name and therefore considers the subject 'banal'. Each to their own.

PMSL I had never looked at the babyname selector, but I'm pleased to see that my PFGS will be a computer geek who shops organically.