In my first post on this blog, I wrote about my four-year-old daughter? Am I guilty of blogsploitation?
A recent Globe and Mail article made interesting food for thought about blogging when it comes to children. Steve Almond recently pulled his popular Baby Daddy blog on www.babble.com The author of My Life in Heavy Metal and Candyfreak said one of the reasons he was going to stop writing about his daughter, who is approaching two years old, is because of the realization that his offspring might one day read the blog.

What would her thoughts be? Would musings about explosive feedings or, if the blog continued, potty training and such be horribly embarrassing for her? Or would she be honoured?

Is there a time when bloggers should stop chronicling the day in and out activities of their children? The Globe and Mail article notes that for some bloggers, especially those who are making money and earning a reputation from their child-centered missives, it might be hard to give this up.

I must admit I didn’t really think too much about it when I brought my four-year-old into my blog entry. It just seemed to fit. I used to work in the newspaper industry and my girlfriend/fiancée/wife made occasional appearances in columns I wrote at a couple different newspapers. A column I wrote when my daughter was less than a half a year old hangs on her wall. In all cases, I thought I was using their remarks or behavior to illustrate or paint a picture of life at that moment. However, was I exploiting my loved one for personal gain?

How do you feel about this? Should bloggers stop writing about their children at a certain age? Let us know what you think.

Robin

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