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Do you ever get overwhelmed by the back and forth on a Yahoo or Google group? Do you ever wonder if this discussion would actually take place face to face? And are there ever things you want to say but hold back? Well don’t! The following posting was in response to a spiraling and heated preschool parents’ debate via a “Google Group.” The following response seemed to have nipped the conversation in the bud. Try it on your Group some time! Names have been shortened to their initials to protect privacy.)

Date: Tues, Oct 27 2009 2:34 pm

From: KM

Hi R. et al,

May I respectfully recommend a  Facebook group for
discussion of these issues?

I can’t opt out of the Google group, as it’s the main way I get
information from J. (school director).  But the Facebook group I could simply not
join if I didn’t want to, whereas R., S., and K. could.

Those of us who have multiple, and older, children have often been
discussing parenting issues for many years and are quite tired of
them.  Perhaps if the discussion was about nocturnal emissions, first
periods, and alcohol use I would be more interested.

I am respectfully requesting that you use the G. Google group
only for issues of pertinence to all of the families on the list.

Best,

KM