Journal created:
on 16 April 2012 (#48602167)
Updated:
on 27 October 2020
Name:
This time it's about Mom!
Membership:
Moderated
Posting Access:
All Members
Description:
Who are you as a mom? What are your joys, hopes, struggles and insecturies?
As a new mom, I participate in a number of parenting communities and I really enjoy all the new insights and perspectives they have brought to my experience of motherhood. However, I have yet to find a community that focuses on the moms -overall, not on a specific aspect or circumstances of motherhood. So here it is - a place for moms to get together and talk about what being a mom means to you, how it is affecting you as a person, how your parenting reflects who you are, to share your joys, struggles and insecurities... I found that as a new mom I have developed questions and insights that are not directly about parenting, but are very much part of being a mother. This is where we can talk about these - and more. I want this to be a safe space and a support group for new and not-so-new moms.
While the focus of this community is on the moms, our kids are what makes us into moms. Parenting posts are very much welcomed. So are posts about relationships, extended family, work, housekeeping, daily life, personal pursuits - we are not mothers in vacuum, and all of these are what shapes our mothering experience.
The one rule I will insist on is respect. We may have different parenting styles, beliefs, values - but motherhood is what we all have in common. Let's be accepting of one another. Inevitably, there will be times when you will disagree or be not-so-positively amused at another member's post. Let's look beyond that and keep this a safe space for all moms, regardless of our differences. Some of us have less experience and/or confidence, and may need support and gentle guidance. Discussion is welcome. Snarky and patronizing comments are not.
I have never thought that I would create a community that does not have an open membership, but in the time I have been in parenting communities, I witnessed and heard about a lot of drama. As a result, I will need to approve you to join this community, but it won't be a complicated process. If you don't have a proper bio in your user info or some public posts that will give me an idea of who you are (which is fine, I don't have either of these), maybe you can PM me a very brief note about who you are and why you want to join this community. If we have interacted in other communities, I will most likely automatically approve you. If in doubt, I'll PM you.
In order to keep this a safe and comfortable place to all, please post an introduction of yourself within 3 days of joining the community. If you are unable to do so, please message me and let me know when you think you will be able to post it. Some things that you may want to include in your post are:
Your name and age:
Your partner (if you have one):
*Names and ages of your kids:
What you enjoy most about being a mother:
What is your greatest struggle at the moment:
What's going on in your life-as-a-mom at the moment:
What's going on in the rest of your life:
What you are hoping to get out of this community:
*if you don't want to list real names, you can introduce them the way you would be talking about them in the posts in the community: initials, DD#2, etc.
Looking forward to talking to all of you!
While the focus of this community is on the moms, our kids are what makes us into moms. Parenting posts are very much welcomed. So are posts about relationships, extended family, work, housekeeping, daily life, personal pursuits - we are not mothers in vacuum, and all of these are what shapes our mothering experience.
The one rule I will insist on is respect. We may have different parenting styles, beliefs, values - but motherhood is what we all have in common. Let's be accepting of one another. Inevitably, there will be times when you will disagree or be not-so-positively amused at another member's post. Let's look beyond that and keep this a safe space for all moms, regardless of our differences. Some of us have less experience and/or confidence, and may need support and gentle guidance. Discussion is welcome. Snarky and patronizing comments are not.
I have never thought that I would create a community that does not have an open membership, but in the time I have been in parenting communities, I witnessed and heard about a lot of drama. As a result, I will need to approve you to join this community, but it won't be a complicated process. If you don't have a proper bio in your user info or some public posts that will give me an idea of who you are (which is fine, I don't have either of these), maybe you can PM me a very brief note about who you are and why you want to join this community. If we have interacted in other communities, I will most likely automatically approve you. If in doubt, I'll PM you.
In order to keep this a safe and comfortable place to all, please post an introduction of yourself within 3 days of joining the community. If you are unable to do so, please message me and let me know when you think you will be able to post it. Some things that you may want to include in your post are:
Your name and age:
Your partner (if you have one):
*Names and ages of your kids:
What you enjoy most about being a mother:
What is your greatest struggle at the moment:
What's going on in your life-as-a-mom at the moment:
What's going on in the rest of your life:
What you are hoping to get out of this community:
*if you don't want to list real names, you can introduce them the way you would be talking about them in the posts in the community: initials, DD#2, etc.
Looking forward to talking to all of you!