What kind of rolemodels do you think these parents are?
A facebook group dedicated to criticizing ‘ugly’ babies proves that bullying is not just an act of teenagers.
The private facebook group, which has since been removed, is composed of grown women around the country who grab photos of toddlers from other mothers’ facebook pages without approval and post them online for criticizing.
The group was originally designed to trade and sell children’s clothing but took a nasty turn.
One mother, Melissa Anetucci, of Palm Beach, Fla. has made it her mission to fight against the self-proclaimed ‘mean girls group’ and to expose their wildly inappropriate behavior. She began posting the mother’s comments online in order to exploit their cruel remarks.
Anetucci told Wesh.com, ‘The things that these mothers said were the most horrific things that I have ever seen, being a mom and knowing that they are moms.’
Another mother, Ellen Veach, of Pheonix, Ariz. told Fox News she was terrified to discover that a photo of her 2-year-old daughter was taken from her facebook and pictured next to a cartoon character.
Veach says she didn’t realize that friends of friends could access her photos on facebook. It was a friend who notified her her daughter’s photo was circulating online.
‘So I’m posting pictures of my son’s first day in kindergarten or Ivy’s new outfit or something just naively posting it up there so my friends can see, not realizing there’s a group that takes these pictures and targets these children and makes fun of them. Like that’s just something I wouldn’t even think a mother or grown woman would do,’ Veach told Fox.
One ‘mean girl’ wrote, ‘Before I address this…It…I want to point out that it makes my heart happy that you have a Mean Girls tab in your computer. Good stuff. Now, # 1 is this a he or a she…You absolutely can not fix ugly. This is a God given example of such.’
Another facebook comment read, ‘An ugly baby thread. I have died and gone to heaven…why can’t you guys live near me so we can do this over cocktails?’
Another commented of a child, ‘It’s hideous.’
The parents of the children who were being bullied commented on the group’s page and asked the women to stop their lewd behavior, but they were none too kind.
One overwhelmed mother wrote, ‘This is MY DAUGHTER that is being made fun of because she is delayed…so funny, huh? Sick (expletive).’The photo was of her daughter in the intensive care unit.
One of the ‘Mean Girls’ responded, ‘THIS IS FACEBOOK, NOT THE SALEM WITCH HUNT….THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND I WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY….THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, NEXT.’
Just despicable!
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November 10, 2013 at 1:16 am |
I actually had no idea about this group. It is strange how some people need to put others down just to feel great – or important? Sad actually! I am glad the group was removed even it might not have changed the mom’s thinking. Thanks for posting this!
November 12, 2013 at 12:42 am |
Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, people often relate bullying to children. Bullying is often perpetrated by adults.
November 12, 2013 at 9:00 pm
You are absolutely right. Bullying children often grow up to be bullying adults.
November 12, 2013 at 12:04 pm |
This is HORRIBLE! Thank you for informing us about it.
November 12, 2013 at 2:28 pm |
Thanks. I wish it had never surfaced in the first place. Your 100% right. Just horrible!
November 13, 2013 at 11:20 pm |
Unfotunately bullying is often perpetrated by teachers in the name of discipline, but that is another topic
November 19, 2013 at 7:20 pm |
Unfortunately you are right Jason.