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Right after the cord is cut, the baby swaddled and the first diaper changed — and often, well before then — the next step in parenting is starting a blog, something to chronicle the precious miracle and an easy way to post pictures for grandparents.
Most parenting blogs sputter and die, however. For a lack of time, lack of enthusiasm, lack of readership. Because what most wanna-be Dooce’s don’t get is that, really, baby blogs are only interesting insofar as they’re about the person writing it. Mom’s insecurities. Dad’s attempts to breastfeed. Just like other people’s vacation photos, hearing about Punkin’s first steps isn’t all that interesting to innocent onlookers. Save if for Facebook, you know? Continue reading »
The latest addition to Babble’s family of blogs is Family Style. They’ve just launched today, with juicy posts on recycled toy furniture, giving birth on TV, and getting dressed in the dark.
On behalf of all of us here at Strollerderby, let me offer the ladies of Family Style a warm welcome. I, for one, need you. My house is still grad school chic, my wardrobe is stuck in the 90s, and my hair…well, my hair is actually awesome. Maybe you can help the rest of me catch up.
So your kid has started blogging and you’re terrified you’re going to be reading about their drinking, drug use, and sexual escapades, right? Well, it turns out that’s probably not going to be the case. At least, that’s what researchers at Ohio State University found in a study of 100 teen bloggers from around the country.
Last week brought us the now-infamous New York Times article snarking on mommybloggers. Dozens of mom bloggers weighed in with their own opinions, voices, and research, which PhD in Parenting rounded up.
Finally, mom bloggers got some good press. The Dallas Observer published an article titled “Moms Gone Wired” that explores the ways moms use blogs to connect with each other, learn parenting skills and influence media and corporations.
Okay, I’ll admit to pushing 40 and being an enormous freaking crabapple curmudgeon, but this little headline really sent me over the edge:
“Children who use technology are ‘better writers’”.
Yeeeaaahhhh. I have young folks as Facebook friends, and sorry, I have no high hopes here for The Great American Novel — or even a cogent paragraph — out of most of these kids. Continue reading »
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It used to be that if kids wanted to make some money above and beyond their allowance, they had very few options. They could get a paper route, do some babysitting or even mow lawns to earn some cash. But other than that, there really weren’t many avenues available to an under-aged entrepreneur.
But the Internet has changed all that. More and more young people are going online to make money. No, they aren’t selling the family treasures on e-Bay, they’re are following in the footsteps of many adults and blogging their way to riches. Continue reading »
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