Mommy blogger questions

While reading Miss Zoot and her reports on BlogHer, I saw these questions and they piqued (is that the word?) my interest.  Plus, I ran into someone tonight that I hadn't seen in a while (ie. she didn't know that I now have two fabulous kidlets); we used to talk writing back in the day, and she wanted to know if I was still writing.  Ummmm...yeah.  I would have loved to say, "Read my blog!  I write and write and write!"  But so far, no one that I know in real life knows about this, except DaddySutra.  And I rather like it that way.  Anyway, here are the questions:

1. Do your kids know about your blog? If they're too young to know, do you plan to keep it open to them as they get older?

They're still too young.  When would I consider them old enough to know/not know?  Last weekend, I told DaddySutra that we can NOT say MamaSutra in front of Big Girl who is a parrot, because God forbid she should say it in front of my parents.  I've avoided saying anything too catty, but I'd like to maintain the freedom I have with anonymity.

2a. If so - do you worry they may get embarrassed later? What would you do if they asked you to stop writing about them? What would you do if they wanted you to take it down all together?

This is a discussion we'd probably need to have down the road.  I'd probably respect their wishes to be  left out of my posts, but I don't think taking the site down completely should be their call.  I might consider keeping the archives private, if they were really bothered.  It depends on how anonymous my blog remains.

2b. If not, what are you doing to make sure they never find it? What if they do find it?

I write assuming they'll read it at some point.

3. Do you think our kids will appreciate the archive of their childhood? Do you wish your parents had done the same?

Each generation seems to have more "stuff" to help us remember the past.  Compare the number of photos of yourself as a child to the photos/videos/scrapbooks/blog entries documenting your kids' lives.  The technology keeps changing; I assume my parents would have used whatever they had access to.

4. Do you go back and re-read your past parenting milestones? Do you realize you forgot a lot?

Not yet, but I've only been blogging for a couple of months.  I did keep a journal for Big Girl pre-blog.  I wrote way less often in the journal than I write on my blog.  I do forget a lot.

5. What about your children's friends/teachers/moms-of-friends? What if they found your blog? Do you tell your child not to tell anyone about it or are they free to talk about it? Do you worry their teachers or other parents will think it's weird?

I don't know what I'll say to my kids when they get old enough to talk about my blog.  I would prefer that it stays private, but I don't know if that's feasible.  It's part of the reason why I don't post any photos, give my location, stick so closely to the pseudonyms. 

Anyone else want to share their answers to these questions?

Comments

[Zoot]

I dont mind my kids talking about my blog to friends/family - as long as when they visit they read more than just the first entry...which could possibly be about something intelligent like co-sleeping, or stupid like blisters on my feet!

Thanks for answering. I'll do a follow-up post later this week.

[kelly]

This is a good round of questions, given the very nature of my own blog. I will have to blog this tomorrow. Especially since the only Thursday 13 I can think of right now is 13 reasons why I want to run away from my life and job and family and ride the rails!