A parents’ group chat is a unique social experiment where parents will meet people they would never talk with otherwise – for good reason, as actor Ashley Tisdale (who now goes by Ashley French) recently detailed in a personal essay.

In a piece for The Cut titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group,” French said she thought her new moms chat would become her “village” until she realized that it appeared they were talking about her behind her back in a way that felt “too high school.”

“I remember being left out of a couple of group hangs, and I knew about them because Instagram made sure it fed me every single photo,” French recalled.

But not all parent group chats are full of ostracising individuals who are nicer online than they are in person. Many parent chats are in fact helpful, nurturing and necessary to maintain as children attend sports and go to schools with complicated schedules.

But know that you’re not alone if you find some of the members off-putting or strange. “Group chats are a microcosm for real-life social dynamics,” said Sarah Lebovitz Suria, a licensed psychologist who works with families. “Different people have different sorts of social goals or logistical goals [for being in the chat], and so it’s a neat forum to be able to think about who you want to be.”

Parents and psychologists share the most common types of parents in a group chat you’re likely to meet. See which one you are – and which one your frenemies are too.

1. The Bragger

Braggers are seeking positive feedback from parents, and they might not stop until they get it.

Braggers who love to share their child’s accomplishments can cause the most friction in a parents’ chat, Lebovitz Suria said.

Braggers are people “whose intention is to get positive praise and affirmation for something their child did,” she explained, and when that doesn’t happen how they like, these braggers may lash out and cause frustrations within the group.

2. The Historian

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