When I started writing blogs, I don’t think I was as careful about what I put out there as I am now. It was when I first encountered bloggers Dooce and The Pioneer Woman that I realized that it may be possible to put out too much information about your life online. Dooce’s about message and subsequent messages which mention lawsuits from a past employer, made me realize that it is possible to lose your job because of what you write. So I am very careful in that regard. I don’t ever talk about the specifics of what I am doing, nor do I mention co-workers and good or bad situations I may be experiencing.
And while I admire them both for parlaying their writing/photography skills into something that pays the bills, I’m not such a fan of the exposure their kids get on the blog. Being a kid is hard enough without your parent exposing your good and bad days to the world. Adults have the ability to speak up and say, please don’t write about this or post pictures of me. Kids, particularly babies, don’t have this ability because the parent is the power person in the relationship.
R. often ribs me about the fact that something we joke about or talk about is going to end up “on the internet.” I could share a lot with you about R but I don’t because it makes him uncomfortable. So when I write blog posts, they relate to things that I think about or am contemplating. I choose not to air any fights or drama between myself and the people I am involved with because I take the old fashioned stance that it’s between them and me. Instead I focus on current issues that are important to me, the good things in my life, and my mad skills as a photographer. There’s enough negativity edited into the news media. Time to edit some positiveness in this world.
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Well said!!! I couldn’t agree with you more! It is a path I simply don’t want to take. Sometimes I speak in general terms but not really specific. I have grownup kids so I do threaten to blog about them unless they call Mom daily:) Works like a charm. LOL.
Thank you Scriber’s Web. I might speak in general terms as well, but even then I am very careful. I am connected with the multitude of my family on facebook and I could see it biting me in the butt big time if I didn’t edit appropriately.