"Safe" blogging

Blogging Mommies has a good conversation-starter up on family privacy, safety, and blogging. It's a worthwhile topic; as more parents blog about their lives (and the lives of their kids), the more we must acknowledge that information, once released on the Internet, can take on a life of its own.

I always use pseudonyms when I write about my kids, and I never post their pictures. Not because I'm specifically afraid of pedophiles or stalkers, but because I feel they have the right to choose (eventually) what's out there on the Internet about them. They can start their own blogs when they're old enough, and, at that time, we'll talk about privacy, safety, and common sense.

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Comments

[Lucinda]

I've read much of what you've written on this subject and you've made me think about family privacy more than ever before. Thank you for that.

There's a good chance my girls will groan some day when they read what I've written in my blog, but I do try to keep them (the future adult them) in mind as a someday-audience whenever I post.