Comments on: Should We Be Writing About Our Kids? Part Two

By: rickismom

rickismom — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:06:48 +0000

Since Ricki does not read English, I feel that it is a bit different for me. I try and remember to post all pics in a way that they can not be copied.
I feel also that the good that hopefully comes from the blog is enough reason to do it, even if somedeay Ricki asks “why”.

By: Lindajpr@hotmail.com

Lindajpr@hotmail.com — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:07:06 +0000

Amy, wow on the film, and mostly because they kept repeating the phrase
“…once a month I bleed through an opening between my legs?” Oh, and the toilet scene.

On the issue of privacy I’m finding, unfortunately, that my son likes being written about and has a great sense of humor. My daughter? Not so much. She’s taking the attitude of the traumatized adolescent but I concur in that one day my blog archive will be a wonderful, loved record of their lives.

I enjoyed reading the Dani Shapiro piece and was agog at the Larry Rivers film. I was happy to see in the postscript that his daughter prevailed.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000

re: the video. WHOA.

By: starrlife

starrlife — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:02:42 +0000

Totally agree with you. I would be happy to read your blog if you were talking about me! I’ve never read anything offensive. You are honest and thoughtful- what more can you do but sanitize the heck out of your life? It is completely personal how much people want to share and it’s all good! Thanks for a thought provoking series!

By: heather hales

heather hales — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:23:20 +0000

sorry I didn’t weigh in on the first post…

personally I like to think of my blog as MINE. I fully admit that blogging is really narcissistic, and lets face it, my blog is about me and my life. I try to keep my kids out of it (but sometimes they slip in) for 2 reasons:

1. i use my blog as an outlet to remember that I am a person BEYOND being mom.

2. I worry about the psychopaths/pedophiles that lurk the internet reading crafty mom blogs so they can hunt down my children and molest them at the park.

I don’t use their names and am very selective about publishing photos of their faces. I mentioned something about blog archiving once to my mom and she responded my telling me I absolutely must publish a copy of my blog for archive purposes. When I questioned her about why she said this: “If I wrote a blog when I was your age, would you want to read it today?” My answer was a loud yes…so I suspect someday as mundane as I think my blog is, my kids will want to read about it. I guess I keep that in the back of my mind when I write.