Comments on: Toilet training future adults

By: Moralia - Celebrity culture

Moralia - Celebrity culture — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:58:11 +0000

[...] Jon and Kate Gosselin are celebrities of more recent vintage, and I’ve actually blogged about them before (here , here and here). [...]

By: Dianna

Dianna — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:06:07 +0000

I read Mrs. Russell’s blogs, routinely. This one is so very right on the money. Think about the news stories of a teen child who, as Mrs. Russell has posted, is right of the brink of reclusiveness. Has other problems to deal with and does not feel as “cool and in” as others in school. What happens to that teen if the “history” of his/her potty training is shared with schoolmates? We have all heard the horror stories of teen suicides. Not that this, alone, would be a reason for such a horrible and tragic occurrance, but one never knows. I am thankful children my age and all children prior to the world wide web never had to worry about what mom and dad have stored in memory that the world just might see.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:40:22 +0000

My mom reads this blog, and she showed me this post because I’m 13 and she wanted my opinion. If my mom had done this to me, I would be SO mad at her, and SO embarrassed. Please, all you moms that blog, think about your kids instead of yourself.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:08:59 +0000

I agree. One of my children (age 14) regularly reads my blog, so that keeps me ever sensitive to what I post about them. Would I want someone posting personal, potentially embarrassing info about me? No. So why would it be okay to post that about my kids?

When in doubt about a post about my children, I ask their permission. They’re teenagers, so that makes sense. But parents of younger children would probably do well to fast-forward in their heads and imagine asking that child when he/she is a teenager. No teenager I know would be okay with a poop post.