So what 'stereotypes' do I need to look for amongst the other parents at the school gates?

[Ceebee74]

Just wondering as I saw someone refer to a 'Queen Bee' on another thread and I thought ooh yes, I definitely know who that is at my DS's school'.

What others are there?

I am probably the 'harassed working mum'

What about competitive mum.

"ooh so what reading level is oliver on now? really? ooh my William is on level 5476 already"

The 'talk the hind legs off a donkey' mum.

This is beginning to look like the Spice Girls for mums.

Ooh - and the two mums who are living in each other's pocket to the extent it's just plain embarrassing for everyone else and you begin to wonder if they shouldn't just move in to together and be done with it.

Social Engineer Mum constantly arranging coffee dates/back-for-tea dates

Wearing her slippers mum (they may look like boots...but they aren't)

ceebee, knows who my 'major' celebrity dad is.

What about the mums who seem to have endless time to chat after drop off and also endless things to talk about.

I like to chat but I sometimes wonder what on earth they find to talk about as mpst of their day is spent in the school car park chatting to each other.

Give us a clue Oblomov

Love how scarily accurate this thread is.

Most of the mums at our school have been covered - can I add - tit staring SAHD with high powered career Mum.

Then there's "thorough down to earth SAHD" who everyone loves because he can always be relied on to help out.

SAHD with huge beard and generally a bit useless socially is mine

There's also constantly miserable mum - you say the words, "How are you?"

She sighs and starts "Well...." and you know you're in for the long haul.

We have Heroin addict mum and too drunk to stand mum.
We also have glamorous asian mum, with her deliciously high high heels and sparkly head scarf.
We also have smart suit dad who is an undertaker and doctor mum who now and again wears her scrubs to school.

I am trying to look okay with too little sleep and too little money mum.

Oooh Doormat Mum who always gets lumbered with other peoples children

Chaotic mum - the one whose toddler runs off across the track during the sports day 100m when all the others are sitting nicely on picnic rugs eating fruit watching their elder siblings .

Over-your-shoulder mum - she will deign to talk to you but is always on the look out for someone higher up the food chain.

Never-happy-with-the-school mum - always having private meetings with the head about relatively minor things.

I am Inappropriately-dressed mum - described recently in the grauniad - dresses as if off to the Garage to watch the xx, in fact only going to do the school pick-up and drop off at cubs

And talking of carparks there are the "but the yellow zigzags don't apply to me in my four by four that I can't really handle" mums who spend hours chatting to the "I know I've blocked you in and you're in a rush but I'm only going to be a minute, honest" mums.

Imarriedafrog - no, not one of them but I often go for a walk with my toddler after dropping off the older DCs and they are still there when I'm on my way home

I want to know who the celeb parents are too - we have a couple of local celebs - ex footballer, ex rugby international and a cricket player among the Dads and a one time not ever so famous dancer / actress.

We also have "the only gay in the village" Dad, and dwarf dad on his scooter. We have Mafia boss dad who is slightly scary looking and mutton dressed as lamb mum.

And the star of pick up time 1950's women who always wears period outfits without the necessary underpinning!

Chelsea tractor WAG is also present along with roly poly family who all weeble shaped.

Me: mum, always in work uniform wear (something out of that Simon something catalogue), shoes with the well worn heel (from driving), picks up sometimes, always drops off in a morning but always first off, dashing to get to work in time. Slightly too bright lipstick put on haste but will last till the first part of the morning at work. Can never do play dates and tea after school and deeply envious of the sahm's . Never quite getting the 'I can manage it all' look quite (read never) right!

Ashamed to say I am 'friendly smiling to screeching banshee in 45 seconds flat' mum
As well as stressed working mum, who people apparently thought for ages was self important and now know is just ALWAYS needing 5 more minutes ...

tree surgeon dad, always in a lumberjack shirt and boots, he really IS a lumber jack tho, so its OK.

Slightly famous radio dad. always a bit tired coz hes up at 4 am to do the breakfast show.

Builder dad, only does pick up on rainy afternoons.

hen pecked grandad, only does pick up if no one else in family is available, and boy do he grumble.

MaudOHara I love your username!

I also want to know about celeb parents.