Comments on: Honey, Don’t Bother With The New York Times. They’re Too Busy Slamming Your Mommy.

By: Joan Harrison

Joan Harrison — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:02:09 +0000

I don’t have any children, but my dog takes no offense at my blogging. As a matter of fact, she’s just happy I’m home. The Times needs to find more crackheads to target; creatively writing in an attempt to be heard just doesn’t qualify as irresponsible behavior.

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By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:54:22 +0000

I saw the article and was quickly disgusted. I’ve been blogging since forever although only just recently put an extra effort into it (never even heard of SEO before!) but I can relate to what you wrote…once when my son was in the hospital due to bronchiolitis, after a whole night trying to console a sick baby who’s crying his head off and tried to wiggle out of his oxygen tent, I came home defeated and blog, thanking my friends who texted me, sending emails to wish him well, then suddenly someone started criticizing me saying I am a BAD MOMMY because I managed to post something when my son was in the hospital. WTH?! These people failed to recognized how therapeutic writing (blogging) is for me thus I’m a bad mommy? It hurts a lot more than I can stomach to hear that comment so yes, that article is very wrong. If only I was still in the States, I would love to join the SITS’ Bloggy Boot Camp! Btw: you’re one of my fave Mommy Blogger!

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:28:39 +0000

I just barely began blogging and read the article in the NYTimes. I appreciated the article and it made me even more excited to continue with my own blog. I was surprised by the reaction to the article, but thought your comments were great. I have four kids and feel like the blogging is really helping me be a better mom. I look for connections that otherwise I wouldn’t, just to have something to blog about. I think writing about things we are experiencing is healing – especially things that are hard and that all moms experience. Thanks for your thoughts. I will return to your blog for sure.

By: Mama Kat

Mama Kat — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:50:42 +0000

Yeah in retrospect now I can kind of see what you’re saying. I think the title and the accompanying cartoon are what set the article up for me. I felt insulted, and when you feel insulted from the get go it’s kind of hard to read with an open mind. I think the reason the title was so offensive is because it hit a spot many of us moms are sensitive about…which is why I focused my post mainly on mother’s guilt.

If you were to write up a piece about healthy weight loss, but titled it “Fat People Are Slobs”…you might get a back lash from people who are overweight even though the rest of the article was fine. People who are sensitive about that topic are not going to see the humor in it and I think that’s why this article was so difficult for some of us.

I didn’t pick up a fun or humorous tone until I separated myself totally from the title and cartoon and REALLY focused on JUST the content. I hope you’re right though, and that most people just saw it the way you did….because I certainly had a hard time with it.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:41:12 +0000

I came across this NYT article earlier this week, which led me to the Scary Mommy blog and then to your blog post– about the NYT article. I was surprised by your views because I didn’t remember anything negative at all about the NYT article. I just went back to read it again to see if I was missing something.

When the author of the NYT article wrote about hiding vegetables and teaching babies to read– she was making fun of silly fads in parenting (Come on, a whole cookbook about hiding vegetables in desserts and such? Teaching a BABY to read???) She seemed to be trying to make the point that mommy blogs are what many moms are interested in now. The author disclosed that she’s a mommy blogger as well. What I got out of the article was that it was so wonderful that moms like you have a professional and emotional outlet– doing something which can actually be quite lucrative.

I can see why you got upset about the title, but it came across to me as a way to grab the reader’s attention to read the story. I didn’t notice anything in the story that said that mothers were ignoring their children to blog. I’m sure that most people who are NYT readers understand the irony of the title.

By: Sarah Ruth

Sarah Ruth — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:32:29 +0000

AMEN!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:24:14 +0000

Well said! I have learned more about being a good mom, wife, business owner, friend, and blogger because of this blog network we are privileged to be a part of.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:24:21 +0000

WOW…. how insulting. Good response back from you though.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:59:21 +0000

I think you’re so right, Kathy! I mean, honestly, I don’t understand why it’s not possible for a mother to blog and take care of her children. Those journalists have JOBS and I’m sure they manage to take care of their children, right? Let’s start criticizing working moms while we’re at it, k?

Why must they act like it’s ALL people do, too? I think we all have lives outside of blogging otherwise no one would have material to blog about. It’s not like we’re glued to a computer 24/7…I mean, sometimes it feels like it, but in reality, we’re NOT!