Poonam told us that their IG account doesn't have a mission as such, however, they do want to make as many people smile every week with "as many happy updates as possible."
She said, "Of course that comes with some good motherly advice that I'll continue to give all the kids."
Poonam revealed that she didn't have any expectations when creating the Instagram page. However, she is grateful for all the love that people have showered her with.
"I guess it touches a chord because it comes straight from the heart," Poonam said about why her content is so relatable. "My son and I try our best to keep the content simple, relatable and light—as it is 2020 is tough on everyone. I am keen on making the youngsters see things from the parents' perspective and vice versa."
Poonam pointed out that creating new content is easy because they're not pretending. "I'm just being who I am. I used to talk like this with my son, so now he helps me put all that on Instagram and all the kids there listen too. I'm grateful for the time they give to reading these messages and encouraging me."
The mom also told us a bit more about herself and her son. "I am a home maker and I am 64 years young. I have a childlike enthusiasm to learn more in life—dabbling a bit in singing, painting, and poetry every day. My son Pranav is a marketing manager at Zomato and he is 33 years young," Poonam said.
She and Pranav are inseparable. "Pranav and I share a special bond, we've always enjoyed doing things together—playing board games, chit chatting, cooking, and what not. This page just adds to the list and gives us another reason to spend time with each other and collectively make more people happy. You could say continuing to have fun in the process of making others smile is the mission for both of us. And we have a long long way to go."
Getting so many followers in such a short amount of time just goes to show that Poonam and Pranav create the kind of content that many of us can get behind. It’s focused, to-the-point, and (most importantly!) filled with motherly love.
Poonam told Your Story that she keeps up with millennial culture by spending time with her children, their friends, her nieces and nephews. So she’s always up-to-date with slang and current events. She added that motherhood is “the most beautiful thing” that can only be understood by experiencing it firsthand.
Pranav was inspired to make the account by the Dude With Sign IG page but wanted to create a version where the signs were a mom’s take on life.
The son admitted that he’s put his mom through a lot of uncomfortable and embarrassing situations when he was growing up: from childish mistakes with firecrackers to having his expensive shoes stolen.
The conclusion is simple—our mothers know best and we should follow their advice. They turn out to be right, even if we don’t always believe them and make painful but educational mistakes ourselves. Luckily for us, it looks like our moms have a near-infinite supply of wisdom to share with us, so there’s always room for us to improve ourselves.
