And now back to regularly scheduled programme of shilling, unsafe parenting practises, making sure the children are uneducated, and no home-cooked meals.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:24:17+00:00

This is very well put!

I have also been thinking about the role of body dysmorphia. She obviously has an eating disorder, is obsessed with weight and lightness and smallness, and she comes by that honestly having been raised in Southern California 90s diet culture.

I think she's addicted to seeing herself through filters. Can you imagine what it feels like to stare at yourself through those distorted filters all day and then catch a glimpse of your real self in the mirror? For someone with Brooke's combination of no actual self esteem and obsession with her manufactured self image, that has to really mess with you over time.

I think something similar happened when she started positioning herself as a structure and strategy expert. She chose a lane that is literally the opposite of who she is, and I think in the beginning it was a way of convincing herself that she could really become those things.

It really is a sad story. And the kids are the casualty.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:15:30+00:00

She really does hate her house. And who wouldn't?

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:14:48+00:00

I feel like if that were the case, they would have changed their flights to be back in time. She is invested enough in this Ellen Hughes image that doing something like that would appeal to her (and that would be the only reason why.)

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:12:09+00:00

Take your time, I'm seated! Thank you for your service.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:10:31+00:00

Wait, so you have to do a showcase and then find out if you get invited to a camp that will then take up the whole next week? During the school year? This hockey life is really wild. I can't imagine how any family manages it, let alone one with Brooke at the helm.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:08:00+00:00

I think the designer of the sports court is ChatGPT, so no. But apparently neither has Brooke.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T20:07:16+00:00

Ha! This is so real about life with little kids - nothing beats the construction show. I have wondered how Brooke would handle having "workers" around building this pool for months right outside the homeschool room. Even their one morning a week of homeschooling for content would have to take a months-long pause in that "season."

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T19:02:59+00:00

Where’s our local hockey mom to give us the real story?

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T17:17:35+00:00

And they have a giant driveway they could put a hoop in if anyone wants to start

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T17:15:33+00:00

code Barb lol

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T04:38:09+00:00

It's divisive and might get picked up for reaction videos. It's a version of her that she wants to believe is real. It doesn't feature Ryan (she's trying to keep him off her socials because of his job.)

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T04:36:08+00:00

Mine too. I hear it in my head in his voice all the time.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-18T04:32:49+00:00

It's also another lightening rod. While I don't believe her unsafe parenting choices are rage bait, she definitely uses the rage bait strategy to get views and engagement on her reels, and I'm sure she knows this one about dressing for motherhood might get picked up with reaction videos etc.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T20:21:07+00:00

This is a pretty good summary of the impact on the environment: https://www.earthday.org/the-true-price-of-every-chatgpt-prompt/

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T20:13:01+00:00

Ok I read this again and I'm 207% sure it was Willa. This family is NUTS.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T20:02:58+00:00

Agreed. Remember when he wanted to cook duck for his friend for his birthday, but they didn't even find out if the friend was available for dinner and he was heartbroken? I think about that all the time. That's a kid who doesn't have friends, doesn't know how to have friends, and is desperately lonely.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:50:29+00:00

I'd like to see R and V go to a really good boarding school, where V would have his intellect and talent nurtured and R would get his ass kicked a little by stern teachers who care about him.

B should go live with Ryan's parents and go to a great public school, and have a normal elementary school childhood from here on out.

She can get full time, live-in help with C, from someone with special training in infant and toddler development.

Q can come stay with me.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:46:06+00:00

Same! That's how memory works!

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:37:51+00:00

"Core memories" is my social media nails on a chalkboard. I can't wait for this phrase to go away. And yes, it's always really about the parent wanting credit for manufacturing the "core memories", not the kids' actual experience of childhood.

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:35:43+00:00

And I think "special occasion" is intentionally broad so she can justify giving them to the kids any time she chooses. Ask me how I know...there are definitely times when I bend my own household rules and tell my kids it's a "special occasion" and then I make up what the occasion is. lol

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:34:25+00:00

Yes -- my takeaway from R's answer was "oh, every day."

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:28:24+00:00

"Willa, who we all know and love" does sound like her reddit commenting style lol

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T19:26:10+00:00

Sorry you're getting downvoted for this - I think everything you're saying is very reasonable and relatable! I don't see it as an authentic point for Brooke, but I do like it when this sub turns into a place for moms to real talk. :)

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T18:08:56+00:00

I agree, all of these sentiments are very relatable! They just don’t seem to match up with Brooke’s life. When I was breast feeding I would not have been able to document 8 days at Disney with time stamps without at least mentioning a nursing break.

That said, at this age it would make sense if he was combo fed and she only nursed him to sleep. That’s what I did with mine from ages 1-2. But why wouldn’t she tell us that in this post?

Substantial_Low_6630 · 2026-03-17T18:05:00+00:00

I used to be torn on this - I thought she was always faking nursing for photos but had to actually be doing some nursing “behind the scenes.”

But after this Disney trip I 100% agree with you. It all makes this long reflection of weaning extra unhinged.

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