First off, I don't particularly find potty training endlessly fascinating, and while there is a place for "helpful tips" of the nongraphic sort (such as books by the toilet, facing a boy backwards for less accidents, etc), I think it's pretty much a normal part of life and not one I recall endlessly blogging about
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First, it's a good thing I like you for other reasons, because not only do I not find those things funny, I hate even seeing the words, and it is tempting to delete all the comments here. :)
You are basically addressing a public space-private space issue that occurs with any discussion of the internet.
You are correct.
(By the way, you can easily set up a "potty-related" friends group on Facebook also. You can in fact screen information on Facebook for only specific groups. I do it with everything.)
I'll be posting more about some of your questions in an entry later today, I think.
While I understand *izaaksmom's comments she made in the previous comment, I think your dislike of these stories bothers you in a way that is similar to (but obviously not the same as) why I have a complete disdain for FB profile pictures which are wedding or baby related. There is a level of the question of "how does this relate to how you and I are connected?" Clearly, if you're talking about a friend from college who is making such posts, you can readily say that while you care about your friend's life, you really don't want to hear the gory details of urine and fecal matter being thrown astray by their potty-age child. Does that really enhance your relationship with that person? No. Does it matter to them more than you? Yes.
Unfortunately, I think people feel that sharing these sorts of details is essential to understanding their life function, when, really it's not unless you're discussing it in a clinical manner.
*Note: I don't recollect izaaksmom blogging about potty training to any extent in recent history.
But that was exactly my (verbose) point...when does our private life, whether it be the potty or pictures, cease to matter to the general public? Ten years ago we weren't asking these questions. If we wanted to take cute pics of our kids, we did. At most, we annoyed our co-workers with them. Now we can annoy the whole world. It's the same problem. Where should that line be drawn??
I don't know. Because clearly my bro's FB status amused me, but would have annoyed J. The pics of people's kids drive you crazy, but others just don't care. So is it then up to the recipient to suck it up?
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You are basically addressing a public space-private space issue that occurs with any discussion of the internet.
You are correct.
(By the way, you can easily set up a "potty-related" friends group on Facebook also. You can in fact screen information on Facebook for only specific groups. I do it with everything.)
I'll be posting more about some of your questions in an entry later today, I think.
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Unfortunately, I think people feel that sharing these sorts of details is essential to understanding their life function, when, really it's not unless you're discussing it in a clinical manner.
*Note: I don't recollect izaaksmom blogging about potty training to any extent in recent history.
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But that was exactly my (verbose) point...when does our private life, whether it be the potty or pictures, cease to matter to the general public? Ten years ago we weren't asking these questions. If we wanted to take cute pics of our kids, we did. At most, we annoyed our co-workers with them. Now we can annoy the whole world. It's the same problem. Where should that line be drawn??
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Fundamentally the question that your question probes from me is, is that line universal to all people across the internet?
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