There's an interesting article in today's (New Jersey) Star-Ledger about mom and dad bloggers that quotes two friends of Mom in the Mirror, Lizbeth Finn-Arnold and Ann Douglas.
The piece includes this interesting fact:
- Since America Online launched AOL Journal, its blogging device, eight months ago, mom blogs account for 11 percent of its 270,000 blogs. (Only a handful of dads keep family-oriented blogs).
And this interesting observation:
- For parents barraged with media advice and one-dimensional images of mom and dad, blogs are a place to find authentic families whose lives are unruly as their own.
What do you think? Some of you have already told me why you enjoy blogs. I'd love to hear from more of you.
Hello from Iceland here. I'm the mother of two and celebrating my twins' birthday in two days. I agree that blogging is a very good venue for sharing stories of your kids, get much needed mental support from other parents and the occasional advice when your kids are giving you a hard time and the books on parenting don't seem to help.
Posted by: Kristín | May 27, 2004 at 06:20 PM
I love blogging for exactly that reason. i feel like, in a day filled with kids, mess, and noise that I have some sort of grown up contact, mostly with other grown ups that I identify with.
Posted by: Angie | May 23, 2004 at 10:03 AM