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WHAT SORT OF MOTHER ARE YOU?
Find out with ‘mummy mafia’ app
Sarah Tucker, author of the best selling novel THE PLAYGROUND MAFIA has devised an App suitable for the Ipod and Ipad which no mother should be without when the school term starts in September. It tells you how to deal with playground politics.
“The novel was published in 2006 but I still get hundreds of emails from mothers who tell me they are the victims of playground politics – some of it quite extreme. The novel is funny but also very true to life, and my advice has always been to focus on your own child’s needs and keep your own counsel. But I thought this App would be of use to all first time mothers to the playground as well as those who’ve experienced the highs and lows of over competitive parents. It will help mothers know which types to avoid and how to deal with them when you find yourself unable to. I’ve road tested this on over two hundred mums around the country and they think it’s embarassingly accurate.”
There are eight ‘mummy ‘ types including chummy, ommmi, plummy, yummy, scummy, schtummy, sweaty betties and crummy mummies - and the questions have been devised based on research over the past year of parent teacher associations throughout the country.
The App costs 59p to download and by answering questions, you will be able to identify what type of mother you are, how to deal with the mafia when you meet them, and how to stop yourself from becoming mafia.
The App was created by App Developers UK, part of the TMTI Group of companies. Spokeperson, George Thomas said “The Playground Mafia was a fantastic App to build, we thoroughly enjoyed developing it. It was interesting and eye opening learning about the different ‘Mummies’ out there. The testing process was like no other, trying it out on a variety of celebrity mothers from around the country.”
The mummy mafia app goes live in August in time for the new term.
For further information contact Sarah on 07990946135 or email on madasatucker@aol.com
www.sarahtucker-website.com\
One of the mummy mafia types –
THE SCUMMY MUMMY
Fag Ash Lil, the scummy mummy always turn up in the playground as
though she has been doing someone else's cleaning and has left the
house to pick up the kids, a mop still in hand.
Hair messy, no make up, smokes but tells everyone she has given up. She talks about how she used to be big in the City, big in advertising, big in publishing, but now she just looks big. Loving her children but bitterly resenting her husband for 'doing this to her', (getting her pregnant) she is the pain of every parent evening blaming the teachers for her child's inability to spell and be polite. Perpetually annoyed, irritable and happiest when moaning, she strides into the playground as though she intends to punch someone, anyone in the face. She will doorstep any mother who does not invite her child to their child's birthday party in their year, threatening facebook and twitter ridicule.
MAFIA TENDENCIES
80%. Chummy mummies like to use scummy mummies as their 'heavies' when collecting for the school charities and getting nominations for the classroom reps. They are more than happy to do this. Best to avoid eye contact and drop kids off early avoiding altogether. The playground bully.
MOST LIKELY TO
Beat another mother up. And at a push, a father.
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