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A few o' my favorite parenting blogs

People pretty frequently ask me what parenting blogs I myself read regularly, so I've decided to start a semi-regular feature here at Home/Work in which I share my own bookmarked parenting blogs. 

 

Thus, I present to you this premiere edition of "A Few of KAG's Favorite Parenting Bloggers." Share your own favorites in the comments below, because I'd love to discover some new blog reads now that the election is over and I no longer have to check Real Clear Politics obsessively.

 

I hope you enjoy these writers as much as I do.

  •  500 Jerk: a wryly hilarious, partner-track lawyer-mama on everyday work and home life with two kids.
  • StrollerDerby: Yep, it's from Babble, and it's a must-read round-up of all-things-parenthood in the blogosphere each day.
  • Domestic Psychology: Funny, funny, funny. True, true, true.
  • This Bumpy Journey: a family waits to adopt, and remembers the little boy they lost
  • Sweet Salty: the most literary of mama blogs. This is some seriously good writing from an immensely gifted essayist. Somebody give this woman a book deal.
  • Yestertime: this is an old college pal of my husband's whose mothering blog I just discovered. Sweet and self deprecating.
  •  Martinimade: a little bit of everything from my ubercrafty writermama friend, Adrienne.
  • The Vol Abroad: a smart expat mama living in London
  • ReadingWhileKnitting: my friend S. manages to homeschool her large brood of children and makes it all look super fun.
  • Unfit Mother: Outspoken feminist mama, and an old friend from college days
  •  MamaTried: Another old college pal, now adjusting to life in the 'burbs with two baby grrls
  • This Woman's Work: Adoption, parenting, infertility, freelance writing - not necessarily in that order
  • Bee Lavender: Hip Mama, cancer survivor, writer, blogger
  • Jonathan Hickman: Crazy-hot father and stepfather. I read his blog just so I can look at the occasional photo of himself that he posts. His wife is awfully lucky.

 These are but a few of my faves. I will revisit this subject periodically, and add more to my list. And in the meantime, please really do post your own favorites in the comments below.

 

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Published Nov 18 2008, 05:28 PM by kgranju
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Comments

 

Debra said:

Thanks for this! Your personal blog also has lots of great links to really good magazines (and I'm not even a parent)!

November 19, 2008 4:23 PM
 

Mary said:

Thanks for the list! I love visiting new blogs. I hope you will visit my kindergarten blog.

November 19, 2008 6:44 PM
 

Robbie said:

http://www.msf.ca/blogs/

These are Medecins sans Frontieres blogs written by Canadian expats.  There's often a lag between posts and it is, unfortunately, censored by MSF.  However, the blogs are a wonderful mix of heartbreaking and heartwarming accounts of the experiences of MSF volunteers.  I personally like the reality check.  It's hard to complain about traffic en route to the pediatrician's office when you've just read about a mom walking for 2 days to take her child to the nearest doctor.  (And, some of them are written in French, which gives me much needed practice.  Bonus!)

November 20, 2008 11:51 AM
 

sweetsalty kate said:

Many thanks Katie, that's so kind... but literary? Crap! Does that mean I should hold off on that steak and boobies post?

November 20, 2008 6:09 PM
 

Michelle said:

You should also try http://everydaystranger.net.  

BTW - SweetSalty has been published.  Everydaystranger had referenced her story re: Liam on her blog.  I pointed out the SweetSalty blog to her after she'd read the story.

I think you'll like her.

November 20, 2008 10:31 PM
 

sweetsalty kate said:

(ahhh... just a point of correction to Michelle's comment. I appreciate the vote of confidence but I've not yet been published. The anthology in question featured a different writer by the name of Kate who also lost a son named Liam.)

November 23, 2008 10:21 PM
 

Deborah said:

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Deborah

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Katie Allison Granju lives in a 100-year-old house with her husband and her four children, who range in age from one to seventeen. She's a book author, a freelance writer and Director of Social Media at a public relations firm. She doesn't know how she does it either.

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