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...also a logical extension of today's confessional culture. At a time in which ordinary Americans routinely divulge their most personal secrets on talk shows or reality-TV programs, blogging about one's pregnancy-related constipation seems only natural. According to Sherry Turkle, director of M.I.T.'s Initiative on Technology and the Self, even people who normally guard their privacy can experience a kind of "disinhibition" with blogs, in which there's a disintegration of boundaries. Bloggers easily lose sight of the fact that they're publishing to a potential worldwide audience of millions. The result is a disconnect between...
Heather Daugherty, 24, a hospital administrator in Fredericksburg, Va., double blogs: she keeps a baby blog for friends and extended family and a mommy blog that her circle of intimates doesn't know about. On the baby blog, Daugherty's in-laws can see the latest photos of Thomas, 2, while the mommy blog recounts her struggles to get pregnant again, her recent miscarriage and her views on breastfeeding...
...Daugherty, blogging beats keeping a journal because readers encourage her to open up and update often. "I get feedback from women who really understand what I'm going through," she explains. "Today one woman who miscarried e-mailed me with encouragement. This is my place to heal and grow." Daugherty also gleans practical information from fellow bloggers. "I haven't cracked open a parenting book since Thomas was born," she says. "I'd rather go to a blog and hear it from a real...
...Blogging parents form a kind of secret society, linking to one another's sites and posting words of advice. Some end up exchanging e-mail addresses and phone numbers and even meet in person. Michelle Brown, 28, a stay-at-home mother of three in Spartanburg, S.C., keeps a mommy blog, unbeknownst to friends and family. Says Brown, a Nebraska transplant: "I'm not from South Carolina. I got pregnant right after moving, and I don't know anyone else here. It's nice when I'm having a hard day to write it out and instantly have five people...
...Secret blogs, like Friedman's and Brown's, are the exception, not the rule. Most family blogs are designed to keep family and friends up to date or to create a permanent record that can be shared with children as they grow up. Carlos Tirado, 40, launched Benjamin's Babyblog not only to track his son's development and his own progress as a father but also so that he and his wife Caterina could stay in touch with their families in Mexico, Arkansas and the western U.S. from their home in the Bronx, N.Y. "I don't have...