Obsession with kids ....

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A parents job is to raise children that can function in the real world. Children are NOT the parents personal entertainment centers.

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I must admit that I am no kid lover and I thought I was the minority who finds it really irritating that my FB feeds is always flooded with picture of updates and photos of not your friend but their kid. (Guess partially it's my bad for not having a balanced mix of friends). New moms will keep posting photos / video / updates about their kids and those without kids will post photo they have with other people kids ... Many remove their OWN photo and replace it with their KIDS'  , most of them just short of changing their own name to their kids' ..

Seriously la ..... At least to me , kids don't look any different from week to week. There's no need to post new photos every single week la. I am perfectly fine if they post the photos of their new born to share their joy , then maybe 1 month old , then 6 months then 1 year old .... But not every few days / week..

And if you look into the live feeds of these people you'll find that almost ALL their updates is about their precious kid.
Many times I wondered, where is the the friend I knew? I am now friend with the kid instead. So many times I feel like asking them, "Do you remember you have a life before u had kids ? where is that life now ?"

Sometimes I wonder if they knew that , in extreme cases, these co-dependency issues can get very unhealthy for the child themselves. If they have mothers that are so engossed in their lives. And the mother themselves may suffer separation anxiety and find ways to sabotage the child's natural and normal developmental stages.

I can understand that this is part and parcel of being a new mom and I really really hope they will stop at one stage.
For those who don't, I'm sorry that if you may lose a lot of friends ... If you give a serious thought it , I believe you will realise why.


* Spare us, and keep these updates to within those interested. * 

At one point I was really really hoping that FB allows categorisation for free text status update so that I can easily filter off those post related to other people children...

Nowdays when I see feeds like this,  I feel like replying .... " I dun give a heck to your kid .."  Who knows, maybe the kids also wonder why their mother reports everything about them to everyone.