Mother circles are one thing we mothers love about. Nonetheless to mention, one thing that goes common in mommy circles are discussions about parenting; and quite sometimes it’s about others in the league. And there are labels and tags and tones and undertones. While you have selected labels for others, someone else has already tagged you as well. So let’s happily remind ourselves, the tags or labels that we might fit into.

Helicopter mom

She is the control freak. She manages every bit of her children at the micro level. She is involved to the extreme. She knows what happened in her child’s school. She knows what is there in her drawer. She knows it all.

She is the hoverer. She is on guard keeping a close watch– while they are on the playground, at a playdate or in the classroom. No bare foot, no playing in mud, no high slides.

She often draws disdain from her fellow bench warmer moms. But that’s what she can’t help. ‘Better safe than sorry’ is what she believes in!

Pinterest mom

She is the DIY queen. She likes to craft. She likes to decorate. She likes to cook. She likes to make things. She is constantly on her search for her next project. She not only pins it, she even does it­.

Well, she invites a lot of OMG’s. OMG, you did all this yourself!

…and a lot of hearts. I love your idea!

…and a lot of frowns. Why doing so much at home? or Why such showing off?

But that’s okay!  She does it for the love of it! She does it for the fun it has! And she will continue to do it as far as it makes her feel adequate.

Tiger mom

She is the one who believes in strict adherence to rules and regulations. Parties, sleepovers, hangouts are not much of friends with her. She sets higher expectations for her children. Forget about the ‘B’ or ‘C’, it’s ‘A’ and not getting an ‘A+’ that upsets her.

Sometimes she goes to extreme to bring out the best in her children. Even if it’s a birthday card that she receives from her 5 year old, she doesn’t forget to remind that the colouring was outside the borders. Well, perfection is the limit she sets and tries to realise the highest of the highest goals, no wonder how finicky she has to get sometimes (infact most of the times)!

Hot mess mom

She is the unplanned and the unorganized one. She invites her kid’s friends and doesn’t have her house cleaned or haven’t had her snack activities planned. She misses half of the bag essentials on her trip outdoors. Even if it’s the 5th day for clothes to be in the dryer; they are waiting to be folded.

She is cool in making allowances to kids most of the time. She knows how much her kids hate those beans and asparagus and so she is cool about giving them Mac and Cheese or some nuggets.

Me time to her means breathing, eating or going to the restrooms. She has all high rated dinner plans but finally ends up serving the ever rotating normal platters.

Despite all the mess, she is happy and her kids are happy.

Type A mom

She is the organized one. She has notes and spreadsheets and charts by her hand. She is dot on time. A meeting at two means a meeting at two. She is the multitasker and rarely asks for help since she wants things a certain way. She never lets herself off the hook.

Her mind is always occupied with an over lengthy to-do-list and what she has to do next. She is like a sergeant to her own mind which keeps her on the go. Her immense organising skills might be overbearing sometimes and she wishes to be a little laid back sometimes. But she can’t help it and that’s what keeps her sane probably!

Crunchy mom

She is the one who believes in making informed choices about health and lifestyle. She prefers kale chips over Oreos for her kid’s snacks. She believes in doing her own garden and farm to keep it all organic. She willingly pursues her own research from birthing, breastfeeding, diapering, vaccines, feeding. She advocates attachment parenting. She believes in making informed choices and discovering perspectives to healthy, natural and safe living.

She is the natural, hippie mama on the vigil!

Cool Mom

Her kids are a bit of a free ranger. She is absolutely okay with letting her kids eat pizza if that makes them happy. She is fun and look forward to social outings. She jokes and even supposedly spoils her kids. She sometimes draws criticism from her fellow moms for being too liberal!

She dresses not how she is supposed to but how she wants to. A tattoo on her ankle or a streak of blue on hair is not far her way. She doesn’t trade her lifestyle after having a child.

And the most important part, you don’t need to tell her that she is cool since she already knows it!

Social Media mom

She loves her phone as much as she loves her kids. She is mostly glued to it and is busy commenting or sharing. She captures every bit of her kid’s stuff and even posts it. While it’s all so cute initially, after a while it all stops being adorable when it’s the 100th picture she posted online. Anyways, she can’t help it since she finds all such stuff so cute and worth sharing.

Ever came across someone who fits into any (or a mix) of such categories! Hmmm….Let your mind do the racing.