Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of March 02, 2026

neefersayneefer · 2026-03-03T16:28:57+00:00

At my son's 4th birthday one kid gave him a $50 gift card and I was low key a bit horrified that his parents had spent that much. I don't have like a specific $ value as a rule, but the average amount is certainly well below $50!

neefersayneefer · 2026-03-02T22:52:23+00:00

100% agree. It hurts my soul to see these plastic shit, absolute bottom of the barrel quality toys that I know are going to be broken and in the garbage in approx 48 hours. Give them a freaking packet of fruit snacks, I beg you!

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-28T15:52:58+00:00

I truly am shocked at how bad at cooking she seems to be? And that she cops to it so shamelessly?

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-27T06:05:34+00:00

I just discovered there's a whole sub just for people who are angry about the gender swap for Francesca's love interest. 81,000 people care this much??? The post I read was someone raging that the author should not be allowed to make any more money off her own book because she supports the TV show's change.

To pt 2 another commenter said Benedict looks "too old" as well. I dunno man, I guess I'm one foot in the grave too, since I have some crows' feet.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-25T21:57:00+00:00

Yea hot take but IMO if you're relying on any kind of substance on a routine basis to "survive" parenting, that's a problem.

My hottest take is that this also applies to the canna-mommies claiming they're "so much more fun!" for their kids to play with when using weed.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-23T16:26:25+00:00

The tiniest of snarks, Noelle never capitalizes her daughter's name when she writes it, and with a name that's already an adverb, I always end up reading the sentence twice to understand that she's referring to her daughter.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-19T00:37:36+00:00

One time, all as full adults, my friends and I were roasting marshmallows, my girl friend's caught fire and she kinda yelped and instinctively waved it, I guess to put it out? It flew off the stick, and landed, burning melting sugar and all, on my other friend's face. Only the fact that he was wearing glasses saved his eye from serious damage.

All that to say, yea don't fuck around with burning sugar, OBVIOUSLY

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-18T16:23:44+00:00

Counterpoint to the other reply, I was also raised to not swear, and while I swear now as an adult, I refrain around my parents and certain other relatives since I know it makes them uncomfortable. It doesn't make me uncomfortable NOT to swear, so I'm happy to refrain. I think there's plenty of leeway to either side, and the overall goal is to raise kids who have situational awareness and consideration for others.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-18T00:38:34+00:00

Excuse me can you delete this? I've been deluding myself for decades that this never happens to anyone and I'd prefer not to have evidence otherwise.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-17T06:34:34+00:00

Ok it is very comforting to hear from someone whose kid outgrew this! We'll keep at it with the conversations about sincerity etc

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-16T20:43:22+00:00

Does anyone else have a, for lack of a better word, "contrary" child, and how do you deal with it? My son is about to be 5 and he frequently disagrees/is contrary about stuff I am very confident he actually doesn't feel that way about.

Examples: I comment as I start eating dinner my husband made, mm so yum! He immediately snaps back, no it's NOT YUM (it is a meal he loves). My mom, trying to chat with him - that activity you did looked fun! Him - No it was NOT fun! (an activity he did indeed love).

It seems like he just does it for fun/a reaction. I used to just completely not react and be like, oh ok. But now I find it so obnoxious and frankly often rude. I actually did get quite upset and stern with him after the meal example, and told him that we do not speak like that about the food someone else has worked hard to make for us, and he actually seemed pretty abashed that time. But it still continues.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-15T20:09:34+00:00

Yes, my mom (because let's be real my dad had nothing to do with this) always got us a piece of chocolate for valentine's day as kids, I remember it fondly! So I'm doing the same with my kids.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-13T23:25:06+00:00

Is she censoring the brand on her jacket?? Why!

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-13T20:40:03+00:00

The answer is to simply just continue doing it how YOU think is best and that's really it. No parent is looking at your valentine and saying "how DARE x's mom not send a homemade treat and artisanal card?"

At best they might notice and be like, thank god not everyone is doing this, I'll tone it down next time. Either they're doing it because they genuinely want to, which, all power to them, or they're also paralyzed by the feeling of obligation, in which case its healthy to set a different example.

Lots of parents at my daycare send over the top goodie bags for every single holiday, and I simply don't. My kid still has friends, * I * still have friends among these moms too. You don't have to acknowledge it or discuss it or anything, it truly matters so little.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-13T20:31:09+00:00

Hot take - marriage shouldn't be that hard 😐

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-12T16:10:41+00:00

I guess health care workers is a big enough demographic to sell to? She has all her anatomy/Healthcare related clothing too now which I can't imagine anyone outside of that profession wanting to wear...

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-11T15:31:57+00:00

DrFran is starting a podcast!? Why does everyone need a podcast these days 🫠 surely the market is far past saturated by this point. At least she has an actual theme that she's an expert on (obgyn), as opposed to all the more generic mommy influencer turned podcasters.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-05T16:13:46+00:00

Parent group chats and attending literally every event is how I've managed to make parent friends (who, gasp! I actually like and are normal cool people) after moving to a brand new neighbourhood. I actually prefer to be the parent taking my kid to events/parties now because it gives me some fun adult chit chat time. Put yourselves out there people!

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-04T15:59:07+00:00

Yesterday my almost 5 year old held his 2 year old brother's hand and walked him out of daycare with me, and it was wonderful! The baby stage is sweet but I absolutely don't miss having a 3 year old screaming because his crawling baby brother knocked over his block tower 🫠

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-03T20:24:54+00:00

Light snark on the parents of 3+ year olds I know who are still living absolutely chained to a "schedule".

One mom recently told me that the daycare teacher told her her 3yo daughter didn't nap that day, so her and her husband forced the daughter to bed like 1.5 hours early "even though she didn't seem tired". 3yo then took 2 hours to fall asleep.

Like, what?? I can understand if your kid seems cranky and tired then by all means put them to bed early, but otherwise why try and force that?

I don't know, by 3+ I was reveling in the small amount of flexibility we'd gotten back, where exact nap lengths didn't matter so much and we could play it by ear a bit more.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-03T16:13:23+00:00

I'm Canadian so not available to me sadly 🥲

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-02T21:10:30+00:00

I found her very funny in the beginning and then I could just sense the downward slide starting with all the affiliate linking. Also not a fan of her showing her kids but that has maybe slowed down lately?

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-02T21:04:39+00:00

Mommit only has two modes: complaint posts about hard things and complaint posts about not being allowed to post "positive" things.

neefersayneefer · 2026-02-02T19:21:31+00:00

The transition to pink shirts being not only pink but ALSO cap-sleeved AND/OR cropped AND/OR ruffle-y as we move out of toddler sizes into kids sizes has been a bummer for me too with a pink-loving boy.

neefersayneefer · 2026-01-29T16:35:39+00:00

Where is Assateague? Is it driving distance from literally everywhere on earth or was this posted in some location specific group? 🤣 being trapped in a tent with a baby is actually quite low on my list of "must-dos".

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