As a Matter of Fact, It Is All About Me

There's been much hoopla surrounding the NY Times article on Mommy blogging. I haven't commented because I've only read the comments regarding the article, not the article itself because I'm too lazy to go over and register at the NY Times site and look it up.

I've gotten the gist, though - we Mommy bloggers are a selfish bunch writing about our kids to fill our constant need for narcissistic mirroring.

Sheesh. Like that's a bad thing.

Here's a great rebuttal, though. Thanks to Fussy for the link.

An excerpt:

...the overall message of the article seems to be, "Who wants to read about parenting?" and "what is wrong with the people who write these blogs?" And though they include a smattering of token daddies, it is clearly a critique of a feminine genre of writing. Since the article is about not only women, but mothers, there is of course a need to call in psychiatric experts to explain the pathology behind recording parenting in public, and raise concerns about how mommy blogging might damage the very offspring who inspire it in the first place.