A MUM has shared the list of things she does that would get her ”thrown out of the school WhatsApp group”.
Gail Buckie, from Edinburgh, Scotland, admitted that while her parenting was by no means ”perfect”, at least she was being ”real” – so, how many of these can you to?
The Scottish mum shared just some examples of her parenting on TikTok – how many of them can you relate to?Credit: tiktok.com/@mumforce
Gail, from Edinburgh, tends to bin her kids’ artwork and gifts items that’s lying around her house – as long as it’s unopenedCredit: tiktok.com/@mumforce
”Not to brag, but I’m the kind of parent who’s doing my best… which sometimes looks suspiciously like chaos in activewear,” the Scottish mum told her followers.
”I forget permission slips, use snacks as emotional support tools, and occasionally pretend not to hear “mum” for 30 seconds of peace.”
While her little ones may be all chuffed with their artwork, the parent chucks it all straight into the bin.
”I throw out my kid’s art – a piece of paper with squiggle on it? No thanks,” said Gail, known as Mumforce on the platform.
The blogger, who calls herself a ”relatable mum”, is also not a fan of – and will do anything to avoid it at all costs during the school run.
”I’ve ”accidentally” dropped them off early at school (or late) to avoid awkward conversations,” she confessed in the video .
”That’s right, just a little bit earlier so I don’t have to have the small talk. Or maybe I’ll just be pretending to be ”running late” to avoid the chat about the ”fun day”.”
When it comes to the school uniform, Gail is also not majorly bothered about clean the clothes are.
”I’ve sent my child to school in pulled form the laundry basket. It smelled fine, I gave it a good shake,” said the mum who reckons ”that counts as ironing in 2025”.
Having a child also means birthdays and being invited to parties where the little ones can have fun and celebrate their pals turning one year older – but Gail is not here to spend any more money.
The parent admitted that on occasions when she’s forgotten about someone’s birthday, she’ll simply gift the child stuff she has lying around their home.
”It’s not opened. Was it a gift? Did we buy it for the kids and forget? Who cares?
”Someone’s going to use it – the circle of life,” Gail said in the video.
The mum, who reckons she is a ”great parent”, has also purchased ready-made goods from the supermarket for the bake sale.
”The fairy cakes are still warm – from the shelf lighting,” she chuckled.
Secrets of a school headteacher
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I STARTED working in schools in 1996, when parents respected teachers and left us alone to do our jobs. Not any more.
Nowadays parents think nothing of barging into to read teachers the riot act if their precious child has been told off, or they’ll send angry emails in the middle of the night. Warning — it doesn’t make you popular.
I’ve worked in all manner of schools across the south west of England, from , and I can tell you that right now many teachers are dreading the start of the new school year.
They’re braced for tears and tantrums, not just from their pupils but from their parents too.
Believe me, if you are an annoying parent it will spread round the staff room like wildfire.
So whether it’s your kid’s first day at a new school, or they’re moving up a year, these are the things you do that drive teachers crazy . . .
Parents often turn up at the school gates complaining how frazzled they are, moaning that teachers must have had a nice long holiday while their stuck with the kids was the worst.
Nothing could be further from the truth. For the first two weeks I’ll almost certainly have been struck down by a lurgy which always seems to strike on the first day of the holiday.
The next two weeks might have been an actual holiday, just like the average Brit takes in the summer, followed by two weeks of frantic lesson planning and administration.
Also, consider that I’ve probably been working over 50 hours per week during term time. Contrary to popular opinion, we don’t clock off at 3pm.
Instead, we’re roped into all manner of and meetings before going home to do marking and more lesson planning. Please don’t turn up and make sarcastic remarks about our “six weeks off”.
We won’t be happy.
Fellow parents react
Uploaded just two days ago, the clip has taken the internet by storm, racking up more than 105k views – and a mixed bags of reactions.
One mum said: ”I sit in my car til the very last minute on the school run so I don’t have to make polite chit chat.”
Someone else chimed in: ”As a dad of 2 girls (now 12 and 16) I 100% relate and agree to this. Hey we love and care for them that’s the important thing. We don’t have to conform tho lol.”
”Found my people!” a third joked.
”What a ray of sunshine you are,” said a critic who wasn’t as impressed with Gail’s confessions.
