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Evelynn Simmons as i know this statement to be all true,ive seen it and i want to say thank god that i am not this way,and am,proud to be the other mom who had the messed up house at end of day and so on but one thing is certain i dont and would never down myself over the perfect anything bc life wasnt ment to be perfect and i in no way would want it to be. im happy the way my sometimes hard.life is and i spend.alot of time with my grandkids and kids never regret anything. 2 Like 18w
Debby Coleman Fielden Sadly this same mama may be crying herself to sleep each night because she feels alone and unloved. The only way she may feel any self worth is because of the "likes" she gets from her posts. Social media is destroying our world. We're living in sad times. 15 Like 18w
Stephanie Hilton Hardman I thought your post was positive and important. Share it on social media , but keep it real. It makes life more interesting. G6 where ou feel ost ave Like 18w
Victoria Mayville Plotner Very well written, and such a wonderful panorama to choose from! We so often find ourselves trying to live up to the "proper mom, and the perfect family". Well...they don't exist! I am so thankful to have had the honor of watching my grandchildren grow in a Christian home with every day fallibility. I thank God daily that my grandchildren will carry forth the message that "normal" is probably what they were privileged to grow up with...not the 'picture perfect' fantasy that the media, and unfortunately sometimes our neighbors portray in public. Like 18w
Tara Wahl This is so sad I call these types of mamas 'social media moms... They look great online, flawless actually, but a total disaster of a parent in real life and extremely fake Let them be little... Let them enjoy childhood... And get in the damn pool I'm the first to always bust out my camera so I can hold tight to every moment I get to experience with my son, but I also balance that with 'realness' and enjoy my time precious time with him, let my hair down, mess up my makeup and laugh until I cry. Nobodies perfect; balance is everything.... 591 Like 18w
Kristy Douglas Chamberlain This is absolutely spot on. I'm the mom, with the mismatched bathing suit, hair is pulled up, and looking at the moms who are put together so much more than I am. I spend so much time feeling like I'm not enough. This post is awesome! I'm glad I'm the one in the pool! Even with my messy hair, and mismatched bathing suit 66 Like 18w
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About

Instagram Perfect Pool Mom refer viral Facebook post in which Facebook user Jen Flint recounted a time in which she witnessed a mother bringing her daughter to the pool to take semi-staged photos for social media. The story was posted in June 2019 and quickly went viral with many mothers reposting the story supporting Flint's intentional message to stay present with their children. Other people criticized the post for shaming the mother in the story.

Origin

On June 19th, 2019, Jen Flint posted a lengthy story to Facebook in which she recounts seeing a mother bring her daughter to the pool. They were in matching bathing suits and the mother was distracted by her phone and only interacted with her childen when she wanted to take pictures of her. Flint went on to say:

I sat there thinking about what I'd witnessed for awhile afterwards. I imagined the photos she took being perfectly edited and posted to social media with a caption like "Pool time with my girly! #Makingmemories".

The post gained over 202,000 reacts, 2,100 comments and 140,000 shares in four months (shown below).

Spread

On June 21st, 2019 Facebook[1] user Carey Reist-Emm criticized Flint in the comments for shaming the woman in the story. The comment received over 200 reacts in five months (show below, left). Gretchen Diaz also commented with a story that shared the sentiment of the original post (shown below, right).

Carey Reist-Emm l understand what you are trying to say with this post, but honestly I can't get past the fact that in trying to encourage Moms, you have inadvertently confirmed a lot of mothers' anxiety: "If I see you out in public and you are off your mom game for even 10 minutes, I will publicly shame and judge you for it on social media". You have no idea what kind of parents this woman is based on your 10 minute observation of her, and yet you have held her up on social media as an example of bad parenting for thousands of people to comment on. Yes, we shouldn't judge ourselves based on what we see on social media, but we also shouldn't judge other people based on a 10 minute view of their lives. This is why so many women feel the need to portray themselves as having it all together. 203 Like 18w
Gretchen Diaz I was waiting to pick up my son at gymnastics practice one night and it was open gym. There was a girl practicing and her mom kept telling her a certain flip to do because "I need to get a video to post on FB". The girl didn't get it the flip as good as her mom wanted to post and she kept having her do it over and over. You could see the frustration and sadness in the girls face. Open gym was over and girl walked out defeated. Imagine being a kid and having to live up to doing things so so your parents can post on FB? 122 Like 18w

That day, Jen Flint posted "The ONLY take-away that I intended for you to get from my "pool post" is not to compare your whole self and your whole life to one perfect moment that you see on social media" (shown below). The post accumulated over 700 reacts and 100 shares in five months.

Soon after the initial post was made news outlets such as the Daily Mail[2] and Neatorama[3] shared the post. On October 29th, Bored Panda[4] interviewed Jen Flint who explained:

“The main intention of my post was to help mothers (but really it applies to fathers and teens as well) to realize that what they see on social media isn’t always real and when they scroll through perfectly staged photos of women who are better fit, on exotic vacations, wearing expensive clothes and living in spotless homes, that they need to remember not to compare themselves to what they see.”

Various Examples

Kristy Douglas Chamberlain This is absolutely spot on. I'm the mom, with the mismatched bathing suit, hair is pulled up, and looking at the moms who are put together so much more than I am. I spend so much time feeling like I'm not enough. This post is awesome! I'm glad I'm the one in the pool! Even with my messy hair, and mismatched bathing suit 66 Like 18w
Tara Wahl This is so sad I call these types of mamas 'social media moms... They look great online, flawless actually, but a total disaster of a parent in real life and extremely fake Let them be little... Let them enjoy childhood... And get in the damn pool I'm the first to always bust out my camera so I can hold tight to every moment I get to experience with my son, but I also balance that with 'realness' and enjoy my time precious time with him, let my hair down, mess up my makeup and laugh until I cry. Nobodies perfect; balance is everything.... 591 Like 18w
Victoria Mayville Plotner Very well written, and such a wonderful panorama to choose from! We so often find ourselves trying to live up to the "proper mom, and the perfect family". Well...they don't exist! I am so thankful to have had the honor of watching my grandchildren grow in a Christian home with every day fallibility. I thank God daily that my grandchildren will carry forth the message that "normal" is probably what they were privileged to grow up with...not the 'picture perfect' fantasy that the media, and unfortunately sometimes our neighbors portray in public. Like 18w
Stephanie Hilton Hardman I thought your post was positive and important. Share it on social media , but keep it real. It makes life more interesting. G6 where ou feel ost ave Like 18w
Debby Coleman Fielden Sadly this same mama may be crying herself to sleep each night because she feels alone and unloved. The only way she may feel any self worth is because of the "likes" she gets from her posts. Social media is destroying our world. We're living in sad times. 15 Like 18w
Evelynn Simmons as i know this statement to be all true,ive seen it and i want to say thank god that i am not this way,and am,proud to be the other mom who had the messed up house at end of day and so on but one thing is certain i dont and would never down myself over the perfect anything bc life wasnt ment to be perfect and i in no way would want it to be. im happy the way my sometimes hard.life is and i spend.alot of time with my grandkids and kids never regret anything. 2 Like 18w

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External References

[1] Facebook – jen.flint

[2] Dailymail – Mom Goes Viral Witnessing Instagram Staged Mother

[3] Neatorama – the Reality Behind That Perfect Instagram Photo

[4] Boredpanda – Instagram Mom Pool Time

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Instagram Perfect Pool Mom refer viral Facebook post in which Facebook user Jen Flint recounted a time in which she witnessed a mother bringing her daughter to the pool to take semi-staged photos for social media. The story was posted in June 2019 and quickly went viral with many mothers reposting the story supporting Flint's intentional message to stay present with their children. Other people criticized the post for shaming the mother in the story.

Origin

On June 19th, 2019, Jen Flint posted a lengthy story to Facebook in which she recounts seeing a mother bring her daughter to the pool. They were in matching bathing suits and the mother was distracted by her phone and only interacted with her childen when she wanted to take pictures of her. Flint went on to say:

I sat there thinking about what I'd witnessed for awhile afterwards. I imagined the photos she took being perfectly edited and posted to social media with a caption like "Pool time with my girly! #Makingmemories".

The post gained over 202,000 reacts, 2,100 comments and 140,000 shares in four months (shown below).



Spread

On June 21st, 2019 Facebook[1] user Carey Reist-Emm criticized Flint in the comments for shaming the woman in the story. The comment received over 200 reacts in five months (show below, left). Gretchen Diaz also commented with a story that shared the sentiment of the original post (shown below, right).


Carey Reist-Emm l understand what you are trying to say with this post, but honestly I can't get past the fact that in trying to encourage Moms, you have inadvertently confirmed a lot of mothers' anxiety: "If I see you out in public and you are off your mom game for even 10 minutes, I will publicly shame and judge you for it on social media". You have no idea what kind of parents this woman is based on your 10 minute observation of her, and yet you have held her up on social media as an example of bad parenting for thousands of people to comment on. Yes, we shouldn't judge ourselves based on what we see on social media, but we also shouldn't judge other people based on a 10 minute view of their lives. This is why so many women feel the need to portray themselves as having it all together. 203 Like 18w Gretchen Diaz I was waiting to pick up my son at gymnastics practice one night and it was open gym. There was a girl practicing and her mom kept telling her a certain flip to do because "I need to get a video to post on FB". The girl didn't get it the flip as good as her mom wanted to post and she kept having her do it over and over. You could see the frustration and sadness in the girls face. Open gym was over and girl walked out defeated. Imagine being a kid and having to live up to doing things so so your parents can post on FB? 122 Like 18w

That day, Jen Flint posted "The ONLY take-away that I intended for you to get from my "pool post" is not to compare your whole self and your whole life to one perfect moment that you see on social media" (shown below). The post accumulated over 700 reacts and 100 shares in five months.



Soon after the initial post was made news outlets such as the Daily Mail[2] and Neatorama[3] shared the post. On October 29th, Bored Panda[4] interviewed Jen Flint who explained:

“The main intention of my post was to help mothers (but really it applies to fathers and teens as well) to realize that what they see on social media isn’t always real and when they scroll through perfectly staged photos of women who are better fit, on exotic vacations, wearing expensive clothes and living in spotless homes, that they need to remember not to compare themselves to what they see.”

Various Examples


Kristy Douglas Chamberlain This is absolutely spot on. I'm the mom, with the mismatched bathing suit, hair is pulled up, and looking at the moms who are put together so much more than I am. I spend so much time feeling like I'm not enough. This post is awesome! I'm glad I'm the one in the pool! Even with my messy hair, and mismatched bathing suit 66 Like 18w Tara Wahl This is so sad I call these types of mamas 'social media moms... They look great online, flawless actually, but a total disaster of a parent in real life and extremely fake Let them be little... Let them enjoy childhood... And get in the damn pool I'm the first to always bust out my camera so I can hold tight to every moment I get to experience with my son, but I also balance that with 'realness' and enjoy my time precious time with him, let my hair down, mess up my makeup and laugh until I cry. Nobodies perfect; balance is everything.... 591 Like 18w Victoria Mayville Plotner Very well written, and such a wonderful panorama to choose from! We so often find ourselves trying to live up to the "proper mom, and the perfect family". Well...they don't exist! I am so thankful to have had the honor of watching my grandchildren grow in a Christian home with every day fallibility. I thank God daily that my grandchildren will carry forth the message that "normal" is probably what they were privileged to grow up with...not the 'picture perfect' fantasy that the media, and unfortunately sometimes our neighbors portray in public. Like 18w Stephanie Hilton Hardman I thought your post was positive and important. Share it on social media , but keep it real. It makes life more interesting. G6 where ou feel ost ave Like 18w Debby Coleman Fielden Sadly this same mama may be crying herself to sleep each night because she feels alone and unloved. The only way she may feel any self worth is because of the "likes" she gets from her posts. Social media is destroying our world. We're living in sad times. 15 Like 18w Evelynn Simmons as i know this statement to be all true,ive seen it and i want to say thank god that i am not this way,and am,proud to be the other mom who had the messed up house at end of day and so on but one thing is certain i dont and would never down myself over the perfect anything bc life wasnt ment to be perfect and i in no way would want it to be. im happy the way my sometimes hard.life is and i spend.alot of time with my grandkids and kids never regret anything. 2 Like 18w

Search Interest

External References

[1] Facebook – jen.flint

[2] Dailymail – Mom Goes Viral Witnessing Instagram Staged Mother

[3] Neatorama – the Reality Behind That Perfect Instagram Photo

[4] Boredpanda – Instagram Mom Pool Time

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