Brain ChildGeneral Parenting Information Blogs
| The following blogs are more informational than confessional, though they have personal stories to share, too. These are all-purpose resources for keeping on top of child-related news in the media and the blogosphere. At Home Dad http://www.athomedad.com/ Peter Baylies is a stay-at-home dad whose blog serves as a guide for other stay-at-home dads, still in the minority among parents these days. The blog covers topics such as helping fathers figure out whether they have the temperament or budget to be a stay-at-home dad and ways to cope with being called "Mr. Mom." Attachment Parenting Blog http://www.apparenting.com/ A unique blog devoted to keeping up on news about attachment parenting and other nontraditional modes of parenting children. The site is run by a couple who have devoted themselves to raising their children using attachment parenting and offer advice and anecdotes from their own experiences. Blogging Baby http://www.bloggingbaby.com/ Blogging Baby is part of a commercial network of blogs owned by Weblogs Inc. The site is well-designed and provides links and commentary to all the pregnancy and baby-related news published in the media and on other parenting blogs. This is an excellent resource for one-stop blog browsing. The site covers adoption, conception, and parenting as well as giving attention to odd bits of news such as advice for pregnant women with tattoos or articles about men's attitudes about sex during their partner's pregnancy. Celebrity Baby Blog http://www.celebrity-babies.com/ Celebrity Baby Blog clips and posts news and pictures of celebrities and their offspring. The site is fun to read and has a self-awareness about the line between the natural curiosity about the private lives of celebs and harassment so that you don't feel icky browsing it. Crazed Parent http://www.crazedparent.org/ Crazed Parent is edited by Charlene Prince Birkeland, a freelance writer and mom. Her blog posts links, news, and humorous stories of interest to the stressed-out parent. Exploring Adoption http://adoptionblogs.typepad.com/ Adoptive mother Laura Christianson posts fresh and informative stories dealing with the realities of adoption. She combs the Web for news or research reports to comment on and peppers her blog with practical advice for adoptive families such as financing an adoption or adopting a child from outside the United States. FamilyScholars.org http://www.familyscholars.org/ Family Scholars is a blog affiliated with the Institute for American Values, which calls itself a "nonpartisan organization devoted to contributing intellectually to the renewal of families and civil society in the US." Four writers contribute to the site by scanning the media for news or reports about the family. Most of the posts provide commentary from a conservative point of view. The Funky Stork http://www.thefunkystork.com/ This slick site bills itself as "the only guide for the modern expectant father." Its logo looks like a Ferrari emblem, but the content is straightforward and easy to read. The front page includes fun factoid boxes asking questions like "Did You Know...That the uterus expands to 5 times its normal size during pregnancy." It's the kind of blog you'd expect someone like Ben Affleck to frequenta sophisticated expectant father who wants to be in the know and involved yet still keeps a slick persona. Literary Mama http://www.literarymama.com/interact/blog/ Published authors, professors, and other literary types run this blog as if it were a magazine. The site features thoughtful columns and essays. Stories on the site have covered topics such as making the decision to take antidepressants to counter postpartum depression, balancing motherhood and ambition, and interviews with well-known writers who are also mothers. This is one of the few parenting sites that has a poetry section. The site also has a separate blog that is updated daily. Mamaphonic http://www.mamaphonic.com/ This blog is about mothering and the creative process. The blog was created to supplement Bee Lavender's book, Mamaphonic, an anthology of confessions and conversations with writers, poets, performers, and artists about their ability to produce creative work and raise kids. The blog posts work by various bloggers on how they remain productive as parents and artists. Momma Said http://www.mommasaid.net/mommablog.aspx Jen Singer runs this site for stay-at-home mothers. The main site has interactive features for readers like columns, parental guidance pages, message boards, and chat areas. Singer also keeps a regular blog where she posts funny stories about her children. On August 19, 2005 she posted about a family trip to Hershey Park and her son's astonishment at finding the beds made upon the family's return to their hotel room. She writes: "'Mom? How'd you make the beds so fast?' he asked. 'I'm a cleaning superhero,' I replied. He looked at me and smirked, probably thinking of the sad state of our house this summer." Mother's Book Bag http://www.mothersbookbag.org/ With the support of an economic rights initiative for child caregivers called MOTHERS, a collective of bloggers have created the Mother's Book Bag blog, which reviews and comments on books on motherhood for book groups and consciousness raising. The blog covers new nonfiction and fiction titles focusing on motherhood or raising children. Mother of All Blogs http://anndouglas.blogspot.com/ Ann Douglas, author of the Mother of All... child raising series, blogs about the progress on her latest book, raising her family, and other parenting-related blogs on the Internet. Parents Behaving Badly http://www.thezeroboss.com/pbb/ An outrageously funny blog that collects and posts stories chronicling examples of bad parenting. This blog can be characterized as a "how-not-to-parent" site.
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