To me, there is a difference between the people who are happy for their child and the people who live in Neverland with their Perfect Life and Perfect Family where Nothing Ever Goes Wrong. Junior is always great at sports and captain of the whatever team. Missy is beautiful and talented. Of course, both children eat all their vegetables and are simply brilliant.

It's the latter whom I would call braggers. Sadly, most of those people are hidden. I just can't take how "awesome" their life is, when I'm pretty sure it isn't THAT freaking awesome.

Anyway to OP, if you have people who are annoying you, hide/unsubscribe from them. They're still on your FB list, but not in your feed.

Isn't that the whole point of facebook?

I would rather hear good news like this than 95% of the crap that most people post on Facebook. Posting about what you are cooking for dinner, the "adorable" thing your dog did earlier that day or how much of an asshole your ex-husband is are SUREFIRE ways to get hidden or unfriended.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

Magnets:

Language immersion
Highly Gifted Center
Takoma Park MS Math/Science Magnet
Eastern MS Humanities Magnet
Blair Math/Science Magnet
Blair CAP
Richard Montgomery IB

Here in eastern MoCo, getting your kids a good education is all about magnets. By the time college admissions roll around, we will be old pros.

But these are all small programs and of course over years of school. And do people really apply to Blair magnet and CAP? Seems like they are totally different programs requiring very different academic profiles. Would someone really be facebook friends with so many people whose kids got in to these very selective programs this year that they feel the need to post? My DC knows 2 kids from his grade who got in to RM IB, and 2 at Blair Magnet. I am not facebook friends with any of their parents.

I agree with pp, I only have good friends in my FB and when I post something about my children they feel happy for us, it is not bragging. Get a life or choose better friends.

Why would you assume people are bragging? I tend to know who really is just bragging, but I'd assume that most people are just happy and/or letting people know that something in their lives is changing and/or putting feelers out in case anyone else is going to the school too. If you're really that upset about not getting your child in that you can't read about anyone else, then it sounds like you have larger issues that you might want to consider.

Anonymous wrote:I don't brag about stuff on facebook, but it is funny the people who do always get lots of positive comments from all the other bragger parents.

You should see the community Facebook group that I belong to. Half of the crap posted is self-promotion or expressions of "Blessings to you, "prayers going up, blah, blah". All women with nothing better to do than trying to impress each other.

You have the option to gloss over or unsubscribe if you do not want to read about it.

We did not apply to any special programs (SN child), but a friend's very bright son got in to a HGC this year and since I don't run into her that often, I was happy to read of this achievement and did send a private congrats note.

Anonymous wrote:Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

Magnets:

Language immersion
Highly Gifted Center
Takoma Park MS Math/Science Magnet
Eastern MS Humanities Magnet
Blair Math/Science Magnet
Blair CAP
Richard Montgomery IB

Here in eastern MoCo, getting your kids a good education is all about magnets. By the time college admissions roll around, we will be old pros.

Confused - how do you not get in to "any" public school? Don't you have a home school? Ours just requires proof of residence.

I don't brag about stuff on facebook, but it is funny the people who do always get lots of positive comments from all the other bragger parents.

I agree with this. I have two kids who got into magnets this year (HS and MS), and would not have dreamed of posting it on FB. The stakes feel very high, especially for those of us in the DCC, and rubbing it in people's faces is unkind. People will find out eventually, in their own time - no need to crow.

Anonymous wrote:If you got into that desired school, the one with the great program that everyone wants to get into, please don't brag about it on Facebook. It will make you come across as smug and annoying and it will make other parents, whose kids didn't get into that school (or any other school) feel sad.

Haha. This must be a kid.

Seriously? You can't celebrate other people's happiness because it makes you feel sad? Also, it's FB. Get over it.

If you got into that desired school, the one with the great program that everyone wants to get into, please don't brag about it on Facebook. It will make you come across as smug and annoying and it will make other parents, whose kids didn't get into that school (or any other school) feel sad.