Top 50 Mom Blogs, 2010
Babble's inaugural Top 50 Mom Blogger list began by saying that "mom bloggers make a difference." Well, it's 2010 now, and you'd have to be under a parenting stone not to know that already. Not only do they make "a" difference, but for many moms in cities and towns and burbs nationwide they make the difference, providing information, LOLs, "I've-been-there-sister" reassurance, and perhaps more than anything, the camaraderie that helps get you through the long, breakfast-till-you-put-them-down day.
As a collective, mom bloggers have given the previously too closed, too private, too go-through-it-alone experience of motherhood a voice. And does that voice travel! From major media figures including Lisa Belkin of the New York Times blog Motherlode to ma-without-pop operations such as Bacon Is My Enemy, these virtual sisters are broadcasting their real-mom experiences loud and clear.
And we couldn't be more happy to help them be heard. So for this year's Top 50, we had a group of mom blogger/parenting experts make their choices, then we dug over the data and compiled the 50 mom bloggers you should be following for 2010.
It was tough to trim it to 50, but that's where you come in. Please, please, nominate your favorites, too! Let the world know just how many and how great the mom bloggers out there are. We're all one big community, and the better we know each other, the more we all benefit. Look for your nominations on our 2011 list next year and, in the meantime, read, write, and link up. We're all in it together!
- The Babble Editors
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Lenore Skenazy | Free Range Kids
Facing immense backlash two years ago after letting her nine-year-old son ride the New York subway on his own, former “World’s Worst Mom” Lenore Skenazy has devoted herself to teaching parents how to raise “safe, self-reliant children – without going nuts with worry.” Her blog, Free Range Kids, a perennial Babble favorite making last year’s list, is ridiculously controversial and engaging, taking on helicopter parenting with a vengeance.
Known for questioning why parenting turns into paranoia, Skenazy has turned her public parenting nightmare into a successful fight against over-involved parents. On her blog, she fields questions from other free-range moms, comments on various news stories, and opens the door to some of the web’s best parental conversation, encouraging parents to examine their parenting styles, whether they agree with her or not. You can love her or hate her, but regardless, Free Range Kids is worth more than just a glance.
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