I ran into this the other day. It's like Myspace... but with babies. At first this seemed pretty lame, imagine all of the people who are concerned their teenager is being stalked online, getting online themselves only to post pictures of their two year old. Hypocrisy aside, this site just seems like a really bad idea. You've got people posting pictures of their kids on the internet and making cyber buddies with other stay-at-home moms and dads around the world who have nothing better to do than look at your stupid kid. Great, but aren't you really just putting out a welcome mat for perverts? I mean, this site must be like the mother lode to them...
Babycenter is a website who's business model involves making a profit off of new parents who are scared shitless. The site markets itself as a repository for advise from experts which are probably just other clueless parents who managed to create an account on the site. One of the main features of the site is the "register your child" feature. Register for what? The draft? Or so it's easier for molesters to find your kid? Hey it's your kid, sign them up for whatever you want...
In the end I think this site probably does more good than bad. Sure, registering your toddler on any website will probably guarantee their abduction, but at least it'll give new parents a place to post all of those annoying baby pictures. Myspace is sooo 2006, better get your ass over to Babycenter and upload those pics. I'm sure there are tons of aholes just like you who can't wait to leave cutesy comments on each of your photos. By the way, just like 1337speek that shows up on Myspace, these degenerates have their own annoying derivation on the English language... they type all the baby talk shit out phonetically. It's sickening. "BarakObami" Mommy...that's BarakObami (my two year old daughter has a crush) <liam>
This has got to be the worst idea I've ever heard of
whatever, i agree with what he wrote. i feel the same way and even was just talking about this topic the other day. not so much about the history channel but yeah, the discovery channel. i remember bragging about how my favorite channel was discovery. now discovery it just seems like every other station on the tube.
If you had any idea what you are talking about that would be a start, there is no obligation to post images unless you choose to, and the main reason for the community is to provide a forum for mums to support each other through common experiences. Being a mother can be an isolating experience and this allows women an opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions whilst at home. Was is slow news day by any chance that forced you to scour the web to criticise a website that gives women a voice & a lifeline?
You total and utter moron , you have no idea what you are talking about.
I love the fact you've managed to attract people to read the utter shit you've typed.
What it should read is...
'I am a troll who got caught and BANNED from using babycentre as I was STALKING the women on there; using fake photos from the internet. So to make myself feel better I will post a trashy comment about how the site is useless to mothers and a tool for paedophiles'.
You complete moron.
You dont put details about anything on this website unless you want to. They do not charge you, I have been registered for ages and have never paid a penny. Talking to people in a similar situation to yourself can help relax you an stop you stressing over the timyest things. It has saved me many restless nights.
Your searching for something to complain about, but trust me, this isnt it! Baby centre is a helpful tool for any parent / parent to be who would like advice but doesnt want to bother their midwife / health visitor / doctor over the tiniest thing. being able to talk to someone who has been where you are or is going through the same thing can be one of the most amazing things to find becuase it means you are not alone. This is a realy valuble website and bad mouthing it becuase your an idiot who cant think about the bigger picture is not the thing to do! It just makes you a bigger idiot!
Man this is gonna piss of those welfare cows that have nothing better to do with their time than cruise the interwebs between cashing government checks. Damn that must be a sweet way to go through life... let your husband work until he dies while you neglect your children and chat it up online with other worthless fucks on some second rate myspace knock off. Do something worthwhile with your life instead of contributing to our overpopulation. We don't need any more of your kind. FUCK OFF!
What is wrong with mums looking for advice and support from each other? Not a thing. A grown man with nothing better to do than get on his soapbox because he's annoyed that he got banned? There's so much wrong with that, I don't even know where to start.
You're pathetic, get a life.
who said anything about being banned? I read the whole post and didn't take that away from it at all. a little quick to jump to conclusions aren't we?
I don't agree with everything he said but I do see why someone would be concerned, we should all be mindful of predators on the internet
'Our kind'? what people who have kids? what werent u born?? r u some kind of laboratory mistake??
How very rude of you.
I work from 9-6 every day! I have had a steady job all my life and have never claimed welfare. I am married, 33 years old have my own house and my own apartment too, I even have my own car. But I still find websites like barycenter very helpful. And really its not a sweet way of life struggling to get by for other mothers that perhaps are unable to work. Cause back in the day it was the mans job anyway to provide for their wives and they would get offended if their women chose to work because staying at home is not the easiest job either some men still feel inadequate if their wives want to work. But what would you know about that. And if we are staying at home, how on earth are we neglecting our children if we are staying home just to take care of them. I'd love to stay home and look after my baby when he arrives but we cant afford to do that, so instead both me and my husband have to work our arses off in order to pay the mortgage and put the baby into day care when he arrives. And your parents obviously contributed to the overpopulation otherwise you and your rude mouth would not be on here complaining about things you do not have any experience of. Perhaps you should tell your mom what you wrote about other mums and see how she would feel if some other guy told her to Fuck off.
How very unnecessary of you. One day if you are lucky, you will be blessed with a loving wife and kids, but right now you don't deserve it. Perhaps then you will realize what its really like to be a parent. So if anyone should fuck of really, its you. So grow up and then when you grow a brain cell or two make a comment about life.
what the hell has it got to do with u what people do on babycentre? ur chosing to slag of a site which u registered on pretending to be a dad-to-be and making up a load of lies about ur so called pregnant partner having a baby. This site is for people who want adivice and general like minded chat and is full of different types of people contrary to what u would have people believe by what u have written!
The only people who are a danger to these sites are perverts like ur self who pretend to be something they're not so they can try to ask people intimate details of their lives and look at pictures of their babies. If you really hate the idea of that site so much then to some people the fact you were on there looking at these pictures suggests you may have peadophile tendancies!!
You were banned from the site for a reason to keep genuine people on there safe!!!
The author said BabyCentre probably does more good than harm... AND points out the dangers in giving too much information to strangers about your children. That doesn't sound like someone who has a bone to pick with BC
I got a link to this on facebook and I have to say that this babycenter sounds like the dumbest thing in the world to me. I guess I'm not the target audience because I'm not a stay at home mom, but oh well. I can't understand how anyone would want to make it EASIER for their children to get abducted... Posting on site like that is putting out a big banner saying "I HAVE A NEW CHILD AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THEM! PLEASE ABDUCT MY CHILD! THX!"
well for a start no one on baby centre gives their address to anyone or any details of where there babies are and when so i dont know why anyone would think its advertising for ur child to be abducted. plus there is no obligation to put photos of ur child on there and even if u do they can be set so that only people u select as friends are able to see them.
I often put my son's schedule online, my address, and the code for my alarm system. That's the kind of thing we like to talk about on babycentre.
Seriously though, please tell me how a few pictures of babies and some posts talking about teething and such are going to lead to that child being abducted?
The site markets itself as a repository for advise from experts which are probably just other clueless parents who managed to create an account on the site
This pretty much sums it up I think. Sites like these just foster old wives' tales. How far have we come as a civilization if we still gossip about the same bullshit our ancestors did? The only difference is that we do it on the internet instead of at the market.
If you want quality advice you should probably consult a doctor, not someone who posts on a message board. But hey, don't take my word for it. Just wait until your kid gets sick because of some imbeciles advice did more harm than good.
maybe if u actually had a proper look at the site u would see that the forums are actually only part of it. The main part of the site is filled with articles on a variety of topics giving advice that has came from proffesionals like gps, health visitors, midwives, peadeatricians etc so u might want to check your facts next time before you go critisising something you clearly no nothing about!
I can only pressume that those of you who are so sure everyone who uses BabyCentre's kids are gunna be knicked, have not actually used the site at all. And no the author of this did not say that they had be banned but the sad truth is that they were, harryp whose parents died in a car accident? ring a bell? well that is the pathetic description ur author used for himself on babycentre. then he got all stroopy when he was identified as a troll after posting fake pictures of his 'baby'. but of course there's no security or anything which explains why harry was banned, not!
You don't register your child!
It's a forum for parents.
Right, first things first....
Register your child..... You are talking out of your arse, yes you can enter a date of birth to check and track its stage of development, but thats it!
As for myspace for babies? Where did you figure that? You don't have to add any personal details if you don't wish to, but you'd know that all ready wouldn't you Harry?
Oh by the way how's your wife, the babies shes carrying, oh and how are you dealing with the loss of your mother?? Oh thats right you're a lying tosser!!
As for professional advice... yes if you use the proper search facilities you can get the profesional advice via fact sheets... you however just joined the public forums where you just chat to other mums!
Oh and one last thing the phonticaly spelt out baby talk is pretty self explanitory, if you do struggle theres a thread regarding the abreviations (thats what they are by the way) in the new members group, but once again due to abusing the whole site, you missed that too!
Thank fuck everybody realised what a pice of scum you were, stealing photos of the net, using them as your own to befriend young mothers...... maybe it is you who is the sick twisted pervert and you're just upset you got banned???
Wasn't harryp just banned a couple months ago? it looks like this article was written back in July... just check Google's cache.
I don't want to rain on your parade, girls but let's get all the facts...
You have really annoyed me with this article. Are you just really stupid and want to attract thousands of already hormonal pregnant people or what??? I have been on this site since march last year when i found out i was pregnant. Ive met so many friends on there who helped me through my pregnancy. And yes its for clueless mums 2 be, arent we all clueless?? or are we just perfect like you surely must be??? And guess what we did something really naughty we met up with the "perverts" who lurk on these sites.....they were all women who had just had babies not "perverts" and now we have created a nice group who have alot in common since yes guess what WE HAVE ALL HAD BABIES!!! are you a mum?? or are you a man?? If you're a man you havent got a frickin clue have you, if your a mum then you must be so perfect that thoughout your pregnancy you didnt get worried about something and research the internet and found babycentre was the most helpful site of them all. My god who the hell do you think you are calling a site that is soo popular that when you type anything to do with babies in the search engine guess what is at the top of the list BABYCENTRE!!! since its so popular.
Get a life and write about something that you might get a positive response from.
I am a mother. I am not entirely clueless. I work from home running my own business. I have used babycentre as a place to chat with other mum since I became pregnant with my second child. I realise that use of a forum such as this immediately makes me feeble, dimwitted and a leech who sponges off the government whilst my husband works himself into an early grave.. providing the money to pay for my top of the line clothes and make up.. But I do thank you Harry for pointing that out. I'll be sure to tell him.
I would take much more credence from your views had you posted a fair and impartial look at what happens on Babycentre.. what sort of things are discussed. As far as I am aware, you faked a pregnant wife who was about to have a caesarean section for your first child. You pretended panic and worry. At one count, you received 100 messages of support from women who were worrying about their own imminent birth. You posted pictures of the "child" born to your wife. Of course, it was soon discovered that you had stolen these pictures from another website and used the images without permission. Are you the sort of pervert we should be afraid of? Someone who would copy an image to their computer and use it goodness knows what manner?
Babycentre can be a lifeline, and that is not overstating it, to women who have suffered miscarriages and infant death, to women suffering from Post Natal Depression (or would you deny that as an illness?) to women who have been trying for years to conceive a much wante child. It provides hope, laughter, fun and a place where stay at home mum's.. or working mums can relax from the demands of motherhood after a long day.
My final point, in what is turning into quite a missive.. have you done your research into exactly how many children Babycentre is responsible for the abduction of? I would be extremely interested to see some figures to back up your claim. When you have provided them, maybe I could see your drivel for something informative.
All this from a man who pretended to be a dadtobe and spent loads of time decieving people and getting them to sympathise with your non excistant wife.
This website is a support network for Mums and dads who are having a baby or have given birth. what information you post is up to you.
Just as people post on Facebook, Myspace and actually write blogs, so people post on Babycentre. It is the posters choice to reveal as much or as little as he/she wants to on any of these forms of communication.
This site helps *dispel* old wives tales and helps women share their experiences, thus stopping doctors' time being wasted by some of the more trivial queries.
For a chiold to be abducted, surely the abductor would need more than a photograph.
Grow up Mr Troll, you got caught out, deal with it!
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You really are a prick!
You have NEVER been pregnant right! So you have NO IDEA what it's like you have alot of questions & worries when you are pregnant.
This site is very useful & helpful & has birth clubs with other mums to be going through the same thing to help and reasurre you through this time. I just think you are an absolute prick! There are ways of making yourself safe on this site just like any other, but then again you just see it as a website nothing more. You have no idea so in theory you should have NO comment on the matter. And until you yourself are pregnant keep your opinions to yourself because it's quite obvious that you have nothing better to do with your day than trawl through the internet (and why you came across this site & went onto it is beyond me you must be a very bored man indeed, or did it indeed interest you?) makes me wonder. Get a life & stop interfering. Next time you really should keep your opinions to yourself.