Is Ariel an anti-feminist?
Oh the diversity! You wouldn’t believe how many subjects were covered @ the mommy blogging session Friday at BlogSavannah Unconference. Topics included how children will someday react to their lives being chronicled in mommy blogs; how blogger moms decide what not to share about their children on the Internet; and a variety of parenting issues.
Blogger and mother-of-four-daughters April Groves said she once shared with her readers that the Little Mermaid is banned from her house. After all, the teen fish gave up her voice, her talent, her craft for a much older man she didn’t even know. Ariel is an anti-feminist. Needless to say, April received a lot of comments on that post. Go, April!
Beloved mommy blogger Ginger Heidel said that, as the daughter of a minister, she often feels conflicted about what to share on her mommy blog and what to keep private. Especially since her dad’s congregation reads her blog, er, religiously.
Other interesting mommy bloggers who helped keep the colorful conversation flowing included Suzy Buelvas; Jessica Leigh Lebos; editor of Skirt, and keeper of the blog at yoyenta.com; Dolores Schwartz, mother of four including two children on the autism spectrum; and Dizzy Girl.
Thanks, moms, for such an intriguing discussion.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:41 am
What’s interesting about moms wondering about how their children will feel about their childhoods being blogged and shared is that when those kids get to my kids’ ages (16, 18), they chronicle their lives incessantly, and better, on Facebook, MySpace, etc.
I can now google my kid and see his dorm mattress battles on YouTube.
Just you wait.
January 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Anne!I was so happy to see you there and once again you made lunch fabulous (even if little man wasn’t with you
The conversation was phenom and I wanted to add that Dizzy Girl joined us a bit later
What a great time!
January 26th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Hi Anne! I scooted over to a different break out session and then went to the impromtu session at 1p — so I missed meeting you. I am so, so, regretful that I missed the mommy-session and meeting you! The UnConference was wonderful I enjoyed April, Dizzy Girl, and Delores.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Anne! It was awesome meeting you!!
I had the best time at lunch chatting with you! We will have to sit down when we have more time!!
I am so glad I had this opportunity to meet all the wonderful blogging mommies that I did!
Take Care!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Anne,
I was also impressed by the diverse reasons mommies blog. I thoroughly enjoyed my day meeting new people, learning about blogging and most certainly meeting you in person.
I am with April, “never stop what you are doing.”
Take care and keep up the good work!