The new mum group chat can be perilous. A simple rule can help navigate the minefield | Natasha Moore

Everyone knows that parenthood especially motherhood is a minefield from the get-go.

But there can be a strange iffiness about sharing the good stuff about it.

Joy is definitely a word we associate with becoming parents.

When any one member of the group has something to celebrate, we all have something else to celebrate.

It takes quite a bit of emotional agility to celebrate people’s wins when you’re deep in the slog.

Love covers over a multitude of sins: another nugget of wisdom, from elsewhere in the New Testament . You can forgive a lot from someone who you know wants only good things for you. To rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn is an art. The art of celebration and the art of empathy both crucial to the art of community. It takes a village, they say. Even if that village is built on a minefield. - Natasha Moore is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity ( CPX ).