Don't Be Sad If You Lose Something

[turtle_head]

Last week in the blogosphere there was a minor uproar about blogging about your kids. Heather Armstrong ("The Dooce Lady", as she is known in our house) was on the Today show, and Kathie Lee Gifford implied that Heather's writing about her daughter Leta was perhaps dangerous and perhaps exploitative and perhaps an invasion of privacy. Heather did

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[hardcormier]

From the point of view of someone seeing parenthood from the outside, it seems to me that most parents walk the fine line between being supportive of their kids and finding their antics absolutely hilarious. I know Brainslie feels that way about most of the children that she teaches.

From what I've read of your blog so far, I've never seen you belittle any of your children's concerns or achievements. Whether or not they are significant to other adults isn't the point, they are significant to them and you always acknowledge that. That being said, I'm extremely pleased that I can't go back and read my mother's critique of all the (probably terrible) plays I've ever been in.

The real test will be to see whether you can still keep a straight face when they become angsty drama queen teenagers. I have cousins at that stage and I find it almost impossible to take them seriously.