Similac video

[kat5040]

Has anyone see this video from Similac?

youtu.be/Me9yrREXOj4

Thoughts?

[tinkl0ver]

first it made me laugh and then i teared up a bit. i might be exhausted though....

[Deleted]

That baby was so cute. Loved the dads. I liked it, but I like satire.

eta a comma bc I am paranoid about my shitty grammar.  

[merry]

It's cute... It's true we all have our own opinions and beliefs but at the end of the day we are just trying to do what's best for our children, no matter what that may be.

[toratoratori]

Am I a terrible person if all I'm getting out of this is that someone was too busy picking a fight over formula to lock their stroller wheels?

[kat5040]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who liked it. It bothers me a little how easily manipulated my emotions are these days.

[withsilverwings]

Jan 22, 2015 22:24:21 GMT -5 tinkl0ver said:

first it made me laugh and then i teared up a bit. i might be exhausted though....

This.

[vk]

I just saw it this morning. I think it is sad that there are people out there who make judgements on the silliest things. I wasn't sure how they would bring everyone together, but I did tear up at the end.

toratoratori - I kind of thought the same thing. Like who throws down while leaving their stroller at the top of a hill?! (I judged that, so I am part of the problem lol)

[weeklyplanner]

I just saw this commercial this morning. I literally LOL at the "unmedicated pool birth. Dolphin assisted." I liked the dads. Other than that, it seemed to play into the stereotypes a little too much and I usually like satire so I realize that makes no sense. I don't know how to describe it.

[those3words]

I found it entertaining...but when I first saw it, I had no idea it was from Similac. I like it a little less now that I know it was really an ad.

[sjshark]

I think it was nicely done. Humlor then heartstrings. I enjoy satire a lot so that didn't hurt.

[redhorizon343]

Ok. I've been thinking and there is something that doesn't sit right with me about this video.

So we see this one dimensional portrait of mothers as "attachment" or "breastfeeding" etc that are not at all mutually exclusive. The video seems to say "Lets put the mommy wars behind us (and don't shame our customers about feeding their babies similac)" This "mommy war" stuff just does not ring true to my IRL experience. It's something I read about a lot through various media, but whenever I meet actual women, it's not like that. The women I've met have been generally supportive. I do not feel attacked. Maybe I'm just not picking up on some subtle social cues, I've always been good about letting things rolls off my back - but it's certainly not out and out "war". If anybody would ever say anything to me about formula feeding, I would just say "Well, we all do what's best for our own families" and drop it. IDGAF what other mothers do. And this video seems to play that up this tension in order to altruistically set it aside. (presumably in hopes of removing a stigma attached to formula feeding, considering the sender of the message here.)

Another thing that doesn't sit right is that there are all these different "kinds" of moms. and then just "dads". Moms can be this way or that way, but just the fact that you're male puts you in your own category. Is parenting philosophy the sole responsibility of the mother? Obviously this is part of a larger frustration of mine that if you work and are a mother you're a "working mom" but I don't think I've ever heard the term "working dad". #sexism

[redhorizon343]

Sorry to sound butthurt over a stupid similac video. It just feels the same way as those dove commercials where they were selling "Real beauty"butalsobeautyproducts

[bobloblaw]

Jan 23, 2015 9:27:21 GMT -5 redhorizon343 said:

Ok. I've been thinking and there is something that doesn't sit right with me about this video.

This "mommy war" stuff just does not ring true to my IRL experience. It's something I read about a lot through various media, but whenever I meet actual women, it's not like that. The women I've met have been generally supportive. I do not feel attacked. Maybe I'm just not picking up on some subtle social cues, I've always been good about letting things rolls off my back - but it's certainly not out and out "war".

It's been my experience. Not with close friends but with people who are already blow hard types. I ignore but man can she be so smug and insensitive.

[toratoratori]

I agree with redhorizon343 about the dads. I also dislike how they represented men as a token population and then summed the commercial up with the "sisterhood of motherhood," thus excluding dudes altogether.

[Deleted]

It was too cheesy for my liking.