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It's going to be a Mum/Mom thing!
3 Aug 2006 11:03 pmI mentioned a couple of times that as there seem to be so many of us with off-spring about to head off to further education, or just leaving home, we should form a support group.
I realise that the Moms will need this soon - and I am happy to set up a community for us all to post in, worrying, whining, ranting, or whatever, with each other to help us cope.
But what should we call it?![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
missmurchison introduced me to the term 'helicopter mums' - the ones who fly into the college/uni and demand that tutors give their babies better marks, or more time to do essays; bring food parcels; do the washing; lecture their babies in public about things in general, then fly out again. She suggested in light of this maybe 'The Helipad' - where we stay grounded, rather than flying off everytime we panic. Our friend Kes suggested we could call ourselves Whirlybirds - as in helicopters again - I thought it also conjured up images of us spinning around dizzily in a flap as well - which seems pretty apt.
But has anyone else got any good ideas? I could try doing a poll - but wanted some more input really - should it be moderated, so that we can check that all the participants meet some membership criteria? If so should it be 'Moms Only', or Dads allowed, or open membership to the curious, what do you think? I think parents with teenagers who have already left home, or who are a couple of years short of leaving school, should be welcome if they want to join, is that reasonable?
I am inclined to members only posting, but usually open comments - so that if anyone else wants to give us advice, or a hug or whatever, they can do.
If you think such a community would be useful/fun let me know, and what you would want from it. And if there are more than two or three of us who want it, I'll set it up at the weekend - when my baby is off on a girls trip to Blackpool (meep!) - just to take my mind off what trouble she might be getting in!
I realise that the Moms will need this soon - and I am happy to set up a community for us all to post in, worrying, whining, ranting, or whatever, with each other to help us cope.
But what should we call it?
missmurchison introduced me to the term 'helicopter mums' - the ones who fly into the college/uni and demand that tutors give their babies better marks, or more time to do essays; bring food parcels; do the washing; lecture their babies in public about things in general, then fly out again. She suggested in light of this maybe 'The Helipad' - where we stay grounded, rather than flying off everytime we panic. Our friend Kes suggested we could call ourselves Whirlybirds - as in helicopters again - I thought it also conjured up images of us spinning around dizzily in a flap as well - which seems pretty apt.But has anyone else got any good ideas? I could try doing a poll - but wanted some more input really - should it be moderated, so that we can check that all the participants meet some membership criteria? If so should it be 'Moms Only', or Dads allowed, or open membership to the curious, what do you think? I think parents with teenagers who have already left home, or who are a couple of years short of leaving school, should be welcome if they want to join, is that reasonable?
I am inclined to members only posting, but usually open comments - so that if anyone else wants to give us advice, or a hug or whatever, they can do.
If you think such a community would be useful/fun let me know, and what you would want from it. And if there are more than two or three of us who want it, I'll set it up at the weekend - when my baby is off on a girls trip to Blackpool (meep!) - just to take my mind off what trouble she might be getting in!
