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Hey 'Mums', I have to share this very patronising press release

146 replies

edam · 15/05/2013 14:58

My inbox has rarely been so insulted... patronising, sexist and ungrammatical. Wow.

"New Campaign to give Mums the confidence to get organised, save money and improve family health
"The Five Million Mums Campaign launches today with a call to challenge Five Million Mums to create Five million healthy families by embracing organising and cooking skills and passing them onto the next generation.

"The 2013 Confident Mum survey found that 1 in 3 mums says that they can?t provide healthy meals because they are not organised.

"The new survey of 1,132 Mums across the UK and Ireland reveals that while all Mums know the importance of healthy meals, and most can cook a meal from scratch using fresh ingredients, 1 in 3 have replaced the amount of fresh vegetables and fruit they buy with unhealthy, ?cheap?, processed foods in order to combat rising food prices. Supermarket ?deals? encouraging multi-buy are leading 1 in 2 Mums to admit to wasting more food than they would like, and not getting the intended savings they needed.

"Sian Breslin, home economist and the driving force behind the Five Million Mums Campaign explains that this down to a lack of simple organisation skills in the kitchen. She said, ?I?m not surprised by these figures. Rising trends in poor health is no longer a cooking ability issue, nor is it down to a lack of health education. With the 21st Century Mum being busier than ever before, and with supermarkets and food brands influencing our every food decision, Mums need to be more organised in the kitchen. The alternative is unhealthy, processed, convenience foods and poor family health. We have to take action now to combat the rising epidemic in family obesity, diabetes, and diet related disease. Five Million Mums is aimed at giving Mums the confidence to take the lead and get organised in the kitchen?.

"On an optimistic note the survey, conducted in partnership with My Family Club and Mummy Pages, reveal that 8 in 10 families do eat together, at least 3 times a week! So contrary to popular myth, the family dinner remains a cornerstone for many families.

"The Five Million Mums Campaign launches today with a call to challenge Five Million Mums to create Five million healthy families by embracing organising and cooking skills and passing them onto the next generation. The campaign embraces technology believing that modern Mums can make use of it to organise their kitchen. This makes meal planning and organising skills, which our mums and grannies did so well, really relevant to todays Mums.

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FarelyKnuts · 15/05/2013 16:18

Mums just annoys the shit out of me. Firstly, stop being sexist misogynistic wankbastards and address it to Parents and not Mums. And if you ARE going to then at least stop being all palsy wally bullcrap and call us mothers. Patronising fuckwittery.

HeyMicky · 15/05/2013 16:20

Well, well, well. She has a cookery school. Bet that dovetails neatly.

She's on twitter @siansplan if anyone wants to respond directly to the above bollocks. Or better still, get your DP, gran, childminder - anyone who cooks for your child gasp regardless of gender - to do it

K8Middleton · 15/05/2013 16:20

The stuff our mums and grannies did? Wtf? My mother and my grandmother both worked full time in professional careers. Both their husbands were well acquainted with the kitchen and could cook a meal.

I also say fuck off.

TSSDNCOP · 15/05/2013 16:21

5 million V signs coming back atcha Sian.

JenaiMorris · 15/05/2013 16:22

"My Family Club and Mummy Pages"

Hahahahaha Grin

Ledkr · 15/05/2013 16:23

It's enough to send the sale of ready meals through the roof!!!!
What a load of bollox.

YoniTime · 15/05/2013 16:27

What about the dads?! No mention of them. Not everyone is single mum surely?

JenaiMorris · 15/05/2013 16:28

Britain's chirpiest website for mums and mums-to-be!

Oh dear.

It makes Netmums sound like, ummm, Mumsnet.

PromQueenWithin · 15/05/2013 16:29

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StellaNova · 15/05/2013 16:30

Our mums and grannies? My mum worked fulltime so Dad did all the meal planning and cooking (he tried to get me aged 11 to write a program on the Acorn Electron that would cough up a random recipe every day. But my programming skills were limited to "are you compatible with X" quizzes.)

YoniTime · 15/05/2013 16:31
Kiriwawa · 15/05/2013 16:36

Chirpiest? Busy mums?

Good grief. That is also possibly the most badly written press release I've ever read.

I'd join a 'five million mums say fuck the fuck off to the far side of fuck' campaign :o

Wishiwasanheiress · 15/05/2013 16:39

Dear. Heavens. Above. V sign from here too.

Muppet.

SolomanDaisy · 15/05/2013 16:44

Oh dear. Do you it's because Mum's gone to Iceland?

SolomanDaisy · 15/05/2013 16:48

There is a guide to ensuring your child develops good eyesight on Mummypages. It includes 'encourage walking' as a tip. Good to know.

JulesJules · 15/05/2013 16:56

Fucking hell.

What a load of patronising twaddle.

My Mum was a full time teacher. One Grandmother was a nurse and midwife, the other ran her own business.

I'm with PromQueen

Five million Mums say Fuck Off

UptoapointLordCopper · 15/05/2013 16:57

How about 5 million Mums say Fuck Off to this.

Count me in.

TeWiSavesTheDay · 15/05/2013 17:00

Fuck off. Fuck off. Fuck off.

That is all.

LondonJax · 15/05/2013 17:00

Mind you, she has a very pretty pink coloured website with twinkly music accompanying the little presentation to appeal to all us mums. (sticks fingers down throat and runs away screaming)

I may not sign up for her meal plan service at a fiver a month a shopping list and a few recipes...Just what I need...

I'm now going back to designing my rival website - 'How to make a meal out of a tin of beans and a slice of burnt toast'. If you pay me a fiver a month I'll send you a message telling you what you can do with a can of beans (if your name is Sian Breslin)

anklebitersmum · 15/05/2013 17:05
OnTheNingNangNong · 15/05/2013 17:05

What a load of bollocks.

I'll take my DC to McDonalds in protest at this drivel.

JulesJules · 15/05/2013 17:06

Sian has made up a Meal Planner* here it is to help Mumz get organised! And beat Diabetes! Or something.

She is CHARGING for this.

Grin
SconeRhymesWithGone · 15/05/2013 17:09

And if you ARE going to then at least stop being all palsy wally bullcrap and call us mothers. Patronising fuckwittery.

Yes, yes, yes to this! The word "mother" is all but disappearing from public discourse in the US. We're all "moms" no matter the context. It is so patronizing and also often wrong; we're not all called "mom."

BornToFolk · 15/05/2013 17:11

www.pepperplate.com does a similar thing too, down to generating a shopping list. It's free too (and not patronising, sexist twaddle)

YoniBottsBumgina · 15/05/2013 17:11

:o I love kumsnet.

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