Sunday, January 12, 2014
Responds to my December Posts
I was shocked to see how nice most moms were to my first posts. After all the reading I've been doing in cafemom.com, I thought I would have more negative replies because the women seem to be very opinionative. In my first post regarding the teacher, I had 11 replies and 4 likes. Of those replies, 8 women agreed with me, 3 were on both sides, and 1 lady completely disagreed. There wasn't much advice to give on my topic; however, there were some posts that were helpful. One lady commented on the others saying that there were "drama queens on Cafemom" and it seems to be the only place moms want to complain. There was only one mom who was a teacher, speaking from a teacher's perspective. She mentions that discipline should be given "the day they were born". As for my other post regarding my son, I had 12 replies and 1 like. All replies were positive with great, encouraging advice. The moms were very supportive and nice. They mostly said to tell my son to "eat healthy, lift properly, and keep encouraging him". There were 5 of the 12 replies that had a son or daughter that had gone through the same situation. What fun to have other moms to speak to! And they know nothing about me!
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I am so glad to hear that you received such positive feedback to the posts you made on your forum. It is encouraging to hear that many moms agree that it should not be the teacher who is blamed for negative behavior in the classroom. I can see how one member feels that moms use the forum to "complain" since it may be the only place that moms feel they can be truly honest about what is going on with their families. I am eager to hear of further posts made in your forum.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Katie, it's great to hear that you had a positive experience with you post and actually had people respond back. I have found it's hard to get member to reply to posts especially since we are newbies. I think the forums are a great place for us to go to check up on something we are so passionate about. This forum allows you to ask for advice and information on your children which is awesome. Sometimes you can't just ask people you know and it's good to get an outside perspective on topics.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to hear that you are receiving some positive feedback in this forum especially since you posted about such personal topics. I am glad to see that not all moms in the forum are "drama queens" and that not all of them hate us teachers :) I agree it is so nice to receive support in the forum from people who do not even know you.
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