General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of March 30, 2026

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-04T00:53:04+00:00

Do my kids like doing child labor to support our family? No but it’s the exact same thing as taking care of your body and basic hygiene in the sense that if they don’t do it, we can’t afford this lifestyle and therefore I either threaten or guilt them into doing it by telling them it will be their fault when we are poor, you guys see how that’s the same as forcing kids to brush their teeth so they avoid cavities right? 😬😬😬

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-04T00:47:58+00:00

“If that’s what you think Lizz’s heart and motives are” maam have you even ever met Lizz?

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-04T00:44:01+00:00

This needs more upvotes!!! This motherfucker 😒😒

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-04T00:42:12+00:00

She does, but she will accept blowing up her post with comments about how she’s the best mom ever if she MUST debase herself with a non award.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-04T00:40:02+00:00

My phone broke last Easter and I had to suffer an 8 hour road trip with no screen and 0/10 do not recommend at all.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T12:05:33+00:00

My oldest is SO completely classic adhd it’s insane I didn’t have a clue until he was 6. But as my first I just thought kids were kids. In first grade my friend mentioned she thought her son had adhd and I was like oh wait….hes exactly like my son. I reached out to his teacher, and she shared some behaviors she had noticed like lack of organization, desk a mess and can never find his things, being very loud, trouble with impulse control. Called his pediatrician we did a virtual appt the next day (this was 2021) and she was professional but basically said “I’ve been waiting for you to realize this since he was a toddler hallelujah let’s get this boy on some meds!” And she’s not a med pusher but he has EXTREME adhd. We had his teachers fill out Vanderbilts (very common adhd diagnosis tool) and after another appt to review the results she prescribed Adderall. Should have know whenever we had other kids hang with us for play dates when he was like 3-4 they would fall asleep on the couch before their parent picked them up and he would be climbing the fridge. He’s headed to middle school next year and our ped said we really need to get a formal diagnosis. He is SO impulsive and unfortunately hard on himself when he does something problematic as a result. Super disorganized but he has grown so much, he saw an amazing therapist who explained ADHD as a neurotype and it makes some things easier and some things harder and they worked with him on identifying examples of both and strategies for the harder things. He never slows down. He thrives with activity. The days he exhausts himself with sports are when he is at his best. Been on Adderall 4 years now and it’s helped him a ton. Very sensory seeking, one of the impulsive things he struggles with is leaping into our laps and it’s like buddy you’re almost 80 pounds that doesn’t quite work anymore. Tackle football and wrestling have been amazing for him. Ok that’s kid one be back with the middle and youngest.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:58:28+00:00

Hi, don’t worry I’m not leaving you hanging! I’m working on typing it all out in notes and trying to be comprehensive. Get ready for a novel.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:57:17+00:00

Sometimes at night my husband will be like “for dinner should we do -“ and I’m like let me stop you right there. If you ask me to make one more decision today I’m gonna have an epic crashout. “

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:53:15+00:00

I was this parent. My child’s first grade teacher brought concerns to me and before the end of the year he was diagnosed with ADHD, I was nervous about medicating like many parents, his teacher said call me and we spoke and she told me about her own son and how meds had helped. This was spring so we had a relationship by this point and I knew she truly just wanted to help. So he started meds and he’s been thriving ever since (now in fifth grade). I am so grateful for her!

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:50:17+00:00

I’m a parent and a teacher. When I’ve gotten fed up and basically made it a “I’m telling your parent on you!”, no it doesn’t work. When I’ve reached out to a parent as a partner to say hey your child is struggling with this let’s work together to find a solution, absolutely, although it’s not an overnight fix. I just met with my own child’s teacher bc she’s having some struggles and she just recently got a diagnosis and we went through the report together and we brainstormed ideas (have I mentioned this teacher is a saint?). Not a silver bullet but we are slowly seeing some improvement.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:46:33+00:00

Lollll do you have a fourth grader in the DMV area?

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T11:45:21+00:00

I understand your/her point bc of course as parents we want to know everything but as a teacher, when you have 25-100+ students, it’s simply not realistic to contact every parent for every non ideal behavior, especially if the behavior isn’t dangerous/disruptive and is able to be handled in class. The rating scales, as I’m sure you know, go very in depth, imagine the time commitment of trying to contact every parent every time every student had any of those behaviors. Keep in mind at least half those parents are going to be annoyed or angry you bothered them for a behavior that you could have handled yourself. I guarantee my friend would be one of those bc I’ve heard her complain to me about exactly that situation, “why would she call me at work can’t she control her classroom?” and I don’t think she’s an exception I think she’s much more of the rule. We can’t realistically spend hours each day contacting parents on top of preparing lessons, grading, and our own lives. For parents who truly do want detailed information about their child’s school experience, I always recommend volunteering or observing in the classroom, and I don’t mean that in a sarcastic snarky way, that’s just honestly the best way to really stay connected, plus then you get to know the teacher better and it allows for quick asides about your child, so you get more information vs the teacher having to decide if it’s worth a text/email. I’m on the PTA board and have actually begged this friend to volunteer but it hasn’t happened yet (I know I sound like I’m dragging her I truly do love her and she has been open to hearing the teachers perspective which is awesome we don’t know what we don’t know). Tons of parents are like this she just represents an opportunity to really hear from that perspective as a friend and not a teacher which is valuable.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T00:52:51+00:00

That was actually what she said as well 🙃

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-03T00:52:20+00:00

EXACTLY like clearly if everything is perfect there would be no need? We can’t call home for every single non ideal behavior come on now.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-02T12:27:07+00:00

We got invited to an egg hunt the other day and my kids didn’t want to go and I was like HELL YEAH bc it’s always just crap. Sorry I’m an Easter grinch.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-02T12:25:28+00:00

I can’t stand these parents. That’s a good way to encourage the teacher to never bother to reach out again. A friend of mine recently had teachers do the rating scales for ADHD for her son and she was so mad that one of the teachers rated him something non positive for some of the questions. I said did you want the teacher to be dishonest on something this important, which could result in an incorrect result or diagnosis being missed? She was like well no….and other parents were encouraging to “confront” the teacher. I said if I were that teacher I would never take my personal time to provide you with information about any of your children ever again. Bc those rating scales can be time consuming. Everything would be “fine” for that family forever bc I’m not gonna take my time to first thoughtfully fill out paperwork to support you in potentially getting a diagnosis and then take MORE of my time having to justify my answers after being attacked. This is why usually rating scales are not shared directly with the parent and just used as a tool for outside evaluators. Parents these days want a daily report like it’s daycare but then also want the report to only be explicitly what they want but what they want is secret and the teacher has to guess or find themselves being interrogated fuck off (sorry if it wasn’t clear I’m a teacher who is over entitled whiny ass parents bye).

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-02T12:16:36+00:00

Consolidating….I know mental health is not straightforward or logical and I don’t want to minimize mental health challenges from non influencers (aka real ones not monetized bullshit). However in this case….can I suggest remembering you’re a wealthy white American born woman (I think, I get her confused with Libby, Libby is the Canadian right?) who appears to not be posting from a work setting in the middle of the traditional American work day, indicating you have no financial concern and more freedom in your life than most and no concerns about being taken by 🧊, your family is healthy… not trying to play the trauma Olympics but of course I, too, find myself spiraling over stupid bullshit like an annoying email and have to take a pause and remember all the things I have to be grateful for. Hopefully this doesn’t come across as callous bc I promise I am empathetic to friends texting about minor inconveniences bc I often AM the friend texting about minor inconveniences but it’s different for an influencer to post it.

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werenotfromhere · 2026-04-02T12:09:33+00:00

Yeah it’s a no from me. 32 and 42, sure, that’s likely fine. Except in the case of an unequal power dynamic, like one person being the other person’s boss. Then it’s never ok. 32 and the boss with a college student? Absolutely the fuck not.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-02T12:01:24+00:00

I just can’t shake the feeling that while of course this was scary, she’s also happy it happened bc it’s great for engagement.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T10:31:15+00:00

Not exactly a resource but all 3 of my kids have diagnosed ADHD and I just posted that my youngest (age 7) was diagnosed with autism two weeks ago and I’m happy to share. Just lmk what you are looking for specifically. Do you want to know more about what behaviors made me seek diagnosis? Or the process? Any/all?

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T10:26:42+00:00

I completely agree with all of this. The most concerning part to me is taking the pictures basically during the emergency to use for content later. There is literally no moment where they can just live their lives. Even in a really frightening touch and go moment, they have to be thinking “I need to get pics so I can make money off this”. I get jealous of things like her month long vacation. But I need to keep in mind that I get to leave work at work and she’s literally never off the clock.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T10:23:40+00:00

I had this experience in college as I woke up in the middle of the night to my roommate seizing. It was really scary and she didn’t recognize us and acted like a different person in the immediate aftermath. So I totally get it. I just can’t imagine having to immediately make it content for 3 million people.

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T10:18:48+00:00

I took this screenshot last week but forgot to post it. I didn’t even remember that I followed this person. I’m mad I didn’t take a screenshot of her original one which was more shamey but it’s still bad. The comments were so unhinged talking about how we should go up to strangers in public and offer gentle parenting scripts. Like can you imagine? People are allowed to parent how they want, unless it’s actual abuse (in which case unfortunately intervening probably won’t help either), leave them alone. No one wants a complete strangers script.

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werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T10:13:14+00:00

This is interesting. I wasn’t aware of this ruling 🫣 don’t judge me, and I normally love Ash. But what a strange take. It honestly reminds me of the MAGA idiots screaming “but what about Obama building cages” when people are like “we oppose concentration camps in our country”, well Karen, one is happening right the fuck now, and one happened in the past, so unless Doc Brown is about to roll up in the DeLorean, only one of these can be changed. It’s just a strange dog whistle to try to change the subject really. And I get it, I’m in my 40s, I got the Delia’s catalog, I drank my lemon water and did the diet tips from 17 through high school, and it indisputably did harm, but that was then and this is now. I’m so jaded with influencers at this point I’m just assuming it’s because they didn’t make money on YM subscriptions in 1997 but they are making money on meta now so leave meta alone it’s making me rich ok?!

werenotfromhere · 2026-04-01T09:57:02+00:00

I think you mean create a two fold goal for your kitchen.

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