OK. Does anyone actually come across these competitive snidey mothers the media are **obsessed** with?

[oliveoil]

There was an article in Times 2 yesterday (which I would link but my computer is still misbehaving - maybe someone could?).

Going on about playgroup mafia mums who rule teachers and parents and fight for the best for their children blah blah blah blah. Alphas mums.

I do not know anyone like this. My friends who have children at school do not know anyone like this.

Is it a southern thing or a myth created by journalists?

Alpha

Come across them?

I am one!

no, I'm in the Midlands - all the mums I know are the hapless-doing-their-best-most-of-the-time-needing-regular-influxes-of-wine-of-an-evening types like me.

are they the same ones who have mouths like the mersey tunnel
and are chavvy

im southern and it does go on quite a lot, my LO's school has quite a few of them

lol doormat you have hit the nail on the head there

here's the link

I am one

Can not wait til DD is in school so I can join the PTA and get my face "seen"

If I do, I haven't noticed.

How do these journalists know these women are terrorising the teachers?

Maybe it's a private school thing?

Bugger! Wrong one. It was the playground mafia or something.

It wasn't that one Coppertop, it was from yesterday (I think, my days seep into one).

I think it was titled Playgroud Mafia or something.

yeh seen alot of them over the years in their
velour trackies or jarg lacoste
half price jewellery

and mouths that a bus would fit in easily

seen them knock round the pubs before they go and pick the kids up too

Never met one, most of the mum's i've met are brill

unless of course were ALL them and just don't recognise ourselves.

no no no doormat

you are getting the wrong end of the stick my love

these mums are alpha mums who are used to getting their own way at work (yawn, would they describe men in this way?) and are therefore bored as a SAHM and use their children as a project

alledgedly

I have not seen this once ever ever ever

maybe i jsut hang about with low achievers

oh soz oliveoil

kids as a project wtf

met plenty of mouthy, built like brick shithouses ones though

Know a few who are obsessed with their kids being teh best, and out at 'clubs' every night after schhol such as Judo/swimming/ballet/chess club/construction club blah blah....

I know soemone who sends their 7 year old to chess club. Purlease. Do you want him to be a tosser?

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None round here. Loads that complain all the time about school but that's just because they always 'deal with' anyone who dares to cross a single member of the terrifying inbred hive-mind that is their huuuuuge extended family.

But most people are like me, just getting by and feeling bloody proud (amazed) if their kids make it out of the door on time in the morning, awake, correctly dressed and fed, with the right stuff for the day, to be alpha mums.

BTW 'alphas mum' made me think that maybe Alpha was a little girl with a very trendy name.

One of the quotes mentioned one woman networking through her children and only did playdates with people who would be 'useful' for her business!

So even if her children had other friends and she considered the parents 'useless', then she wouldn't bother inviting them round!

I cannot see this happening myself, surely it's a lie.

northerner pmsl at chess club for 7yr old

5 year old taking piano lessons does that count

well if the child was into chess, why not? If the parent thinks they should be doing it and forced the issue, then obviously weirdy weirdo territory.

SOMEONE LINK THE ARTICLE FOR ME PLEASE OR I WILL COMBUST

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