While doing my usual parental IT support duties that I'm usually"encouraged" to do whenever I'm at at home, I discovered my homepage inthe Favorites and History section of my mom's browser on herlaptop. This probably means that she likely reads or at least hasread this blog. It's not exactly hard to find and I'm certainlynot vehemently opposed to this (I mean, I advertise the link in my email.signature and from the homepage, it's just one click away) but it'sstill kinda surreal knowing that my otherwise tech-phobic mom reads or has readthis dialogue with and intended for my fellow young-adults.
I'm certainly not the only oneto have dealt with this issue recently, to name just one. So Ithrow this to you all -- are your parents aware of, and/or do they readyour blog? And would you,as a parent, read your kids' blogs? For our generation, it wouldbe been paper journals/diaries instead, so in a way, this questionisn't new. Similarly, some of my teacher friends have also hadtheir own students stumbling across their own personal blogs, for better orworse.
Personally, I'm (sometimes reluctantly) aware that blogs are -- unlikea paper journal -- inherently public media, even though it's easy forus to get complacent and forget that fact. Thus I'll probablycontinue to blog (or whatever they'll call it then) when I'm a parentmyself and read the blogs of my kids and their friends. Bring onthe cyberstalking -- hee hee. Of course, my kids will probablystalk me as well. ;)
Still, maybe it's time to look into starting protected posts in themonths to come... of course, it'd mostly be for other reasons moresubstantial than parents reading it, but with the start of a new year,might as well...
Comments (6)
haha, i'm not so worried about my parents reading my blogs, but i've had at least one student google me and land on my xanga. right, it's not that hard to find other people's blogs.
Posted by sojink | December 30, 2005 4:25 AM
Posted on December 30, 2005 04:25
no, my parents don't read my blog. i'm not opposed to it tho. and yes, i would read my kids blogs if i ever/they ever have one. not sure how i feel about protected posts. if i really want protection then i don't think i would blog it at all and if i wanted to filter my audience then i would just email them directly. just my thoughts for now. likely to evolve and change as time goes on.
Posted by jfk2pvg | December 30, 2005 6:24 AM
Posted on December 30, 2005 06:24
Hi Mrs Wang! Hope you're doing well as you read your son's xanga page.
Posted by gsya | December 30, 2005 7:03 AM
Posted on December 30, 2005 07:03
my parents are so NOT tech minded, they have difficulty just using email and chat programs. So no, I'm not one bit worried they will read my xanga.
In fact, I will definitely read my kids' xanga sites if they ever get them. The best way to get into their minds I reckon.
Posted by Gleefully | December 30, 2005 1:58 PM
Posted on December 30, 2005 13:58
my mom reads me and my bro's blogs everyday at work, so she always knows what's going on with us. and my aunts do, too... :P
Posted by graceyc | December 30, 2005 11:48 PM
Posted on December 30, 2005 23:48
my parents are unaware of my blog. whenever i go home to use their computer, i clear my history out so they won't accidentally stumble upon it. if they should ever find it, i'll make all posts protected.
Posted by ihtc | December 31, 2005 5:44 AM
Posted on December 31, 2005 05:44