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English citations of mompetition and mom-petition

Noun: "(informal) rivalry between mothers wishing to prove that they are better parents..."

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  • 2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, unnumbered page:
    The beauty of witnessing a mompetition on the Internet is that it's one of the rare times people catch a glimpse of just how far off the deep end their friend has gone since having a baby.
  • 2014, Brigid Schulte, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time, unnumbered page:
    I've witnessed the mompetition on the playground and see it every day on my mom Listservs.
  • 2016, Katherine R. Allen & Angela C. Henderson, Family Theories: Foundations and Applications, unnumbered page:
    Recent research has examined mothers' use of Pinterest and the so-called “mompetition” that can occur on such sites (Griffin, 2014).
  • 2016, Barbara Barnett, Motherhood in the Media: Infanticide, Journalism, and the Digital Age, unnumbered page:
    Glennon Melton asked mothers to do away with “mom-petition,” the competition among mothers to be perfect.
  • 2017, Rina Mae Acosta & Michele Hutchison, The Happiest Kids in the World: How Dutch Parents Help Their Kids, page 5:
    There's none of that “mompetition” or mommy guilt you see in the US and the UK.
  • 2018, The Science of Families, unnumbered page:
    Ali DePlatchett, a 31-year-old research administrator and single mom in Cleveland, calls it “mompetition.”