Reply to Curious... it it important to you to be in the popular mom clique?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Curious... it it important to you to be in the popular mom clique?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is important to me to belong to a mom clique in my child’s class (or children). Mostly because my kids are still young so play dates are orchestrated by the parents. It’s also a way to make a community that is family oriented.

I was actually super nerdy growing up, with a small group of friends. I also learned not to GAF what anyone thinks of me as I am a female POC in white male dominated profession. I find the characterization by PPs of cliquey moms to be superficial and not very thoughtful.

I have 3 kids. I was/am definitely in the “clique” for their preschool classes. These have now turned into good group friendships with different levels of friendship with the other moms in the clique - some very close but some less so. They are a tremendous source of information and support.

I am not in the “clique” for my oldest’s kindergarten class. It seems to be populated by SAHMs and WOHMs but I’m not positive since I’m not in it. I definitely feel the difference from our preschool experience to our experience with her current class — I don’t have a clue what is going on beyond what the school send home, I don’t know any gossip, or know what the administrators are thinking about before they announce it. My child is also not part of a social group in her class, although we do host (and she is invited to) plenty of play dates (where I hear about the clique).

I’m not going crazy trying to break into this clique, but I do wish I had more connections with the other parents in her class.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics