Made a new LJ community
Sep. 10th, 2008 12:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beth_leonardHi,
I've finally made a new LJ community I've been thinking about for a while. It's for Mudders who have become parents. The community page is here: http://community.livejournal.com/mudd_parents/
I think there should be a "join" button at the top.
Below is the 'bio' for the community. I'm happy to update and change it if you have suggestions. PS. Anyone on my friends list is obviously invited to join.
--Beth
Mudders reproduce: Discuss!
Welcome to the Community for Mudders who have reproduced. We welcome Mudders (students from Harvey Mudd College), their parents, their spouses, their friends, and even their children to this forum.
First some community standards:
1. Respect. Show respect for yourself and others in this forum. Show respect for your children and those who interact with them. If a post is considered to be disrespectful, the author may be asked to re-word it or remove it.
2. Introduce yourself. If you are new to this community, even if you only intend to lurk, please post and introduce yourself. What you wish to say is up to you, but it's nice to know who's reading.
3. Discuss. The topics should have something to do with children and parenthood. Mudd was a very unique community with it's own eccentricities. Our children may wind up anywhere on any spectrum for measuring children, but parents with a Mudd background will face their own challenges.
4. Educate. If you happen to read a good article that you think is relevant to others in this forum, please post a link and a summary. Keeping up with the latest in child development is challenging, but Mudders like to know things even if they choose to act differently.
5. Advise. This forum is started as a place to ask parenting questions of other parents who will be non-judgmental or critical. Feel free to ask for and give advice. "This worked for our family." "Have you tried XYZ?" "My kid did that too."
6. Acknowledge. It takes time to post a thoughtful response. Try to remember to say "Thank you" even if you know the solution given won't work for your family.
7. Douse the flames. It's ok to solicit more advice. "I tried your suggestion, but it didn't work. Do you know what I'm doing wrong?" invites further commentary. "I tried but it didn't work, thanks anyway" should not. If someone chooses not to follow your advice, don't keep offering it. That gets annoying.
8. Enjoy! It's ok to brag. Or rather, questions like "My 3 year old is reading at a second grade level but gets scared if a book has thunder or separation of parent from child, what books do you recommend?" are not out of place in this discussion. For children of Mudders, we just don't know what "normal" is or should be. Sometimes it's good to get a sanity check. It's also ok to talk about developmental/physical delays and questions about competing siblings. Forum members should be respectful and non-judgmental while still offering advice, sympathy, and references to books and articles that might prove helpful for your situation.
I've finally made a new LJ community I've been thinking about for a while. It's for Mudders who have become parents. The community page is here: http://community.livejournal.com/mudd_parents/
I think there should be a "join" button at the top.
Below is the 'bio' for the community. I'm happy to update and change it if you have suggestions. PS. Anyone on my friends list is obviously invited to join.
--Beth
Mudders reproduce: Discuss!
Welcome to the Community for Mudders who have reproduced. We welcome Mudders (students from Harvey Mudd College), their parents, their spouses, their friends, and even their children to this forum.
First some community standards:
1. Respect. Show respect for yourself and others in this forum. Show respect for your children and those who interact with them. If a post is considered to be disrespectful, the author may be asked to re-word it or remove it.
2. Introduce yourself. If you are new to this community, even if you only intend to lurk, please post and introduce yourself. What you wish to say is up to you, but it's nice to know who's reading.
3. Discuss. The topics should have something to do with children and parenthood. Mudd was a very unique community with it's own eccentricities. Our children may wind up anywhere on any spectrum for measuring children, but parents with a Mudd background will face their own challenges.
4. Educate. If you happen to read a good article that you think is relevant to others in this forum, please post a link and a summary. Keeping up with the latest in child development is challenging, but Mudders like to know things even if they choose to act differently.
5. Advise. This forum is started as a place to ask parenting questions of other parents who will be non-judgmental or critical. Feel free to ask for and give advice. "This worked for our family." "Have you tried XYZ?" "My kid did that too."
6. Acknowledge. It takes time to post a thoughtful response. Try to remember to say "Thank you" even if you know the solution given won't work for your family.
7. Douse the flames. It's ok to solicit more advice. "I tried your suggestion, but it didn't work. Do you know what I'm doing wrong?" invites further commentary. "I tried but it didn't work, thanks anyway" should not. If someone chooses not to follow your advice, don't keep offering it. That gets annoying.
8. Enjoy! It's ok to brag. Or rather, questions like "My 3 year old is reading at a second grade level but gets scared if a book has thunder or separation of parent from child, what books do you recommend?" are not out of place in this discussion. For children of Mudders, we just don't know what "normal" is or should be. Sometimes it's good to get a sanity check. It's also ok to talk about developmental/physical delays and questions about competing siblings. Forum members should be respectful and non-judgmental while still offering advice, sympathy, and references to books and articles that might prove helpful for your situation.
