Parenting Philosophy Blog Post for Family to Read?

[mra]

I have a private blog for Julia where I post photos and stuff for my family. Would it be terrible of me to make a post about my parenting philosophy for everyone to read? I'm tired of hearing things like, "Let her cry, it makes the lungs strong" and "Is she still sleeping in your bed?" from family members. I'd like to make a post sharing why I have chosen the parenting style I have (cosleeping, babywearing, cloth diapers, etc) and then link to some good articles for them to read about each if they choose so they can educate themselves on the things we do. I'd also nicely like to say that while I appreciate their desire to help me, they can keep their comments to themselves and that we may disagree, but we each have the right to make our own decisions regarding our children. Then when I get comments, I can also suggest they read the articles instead of me explaining it a million times. I just feel like they really have no idea about any of these parenting styles and maybe after doing some reading they will understand them better.

What do you think? 

[zenmumajen]

I think you would be better off just telling them in person kindly that you have made an educated decision on how to raise your daughter and that they need to respect that. I know it's a lot easier said then done though...

If they are that curious or interested on why you do the things you do...they will google it. That's what MIL does after she notices something we are doing, and finds evidence on why we are doing it and backs off. 

[Blessed1]

Totally blog about it! I also have a personal blog for friends and family and I blog about things like that all the time.  I make sure to not sound snarky and I make sure not to direct it towards anyone in paticular..I just right about certain things and why it works for us. I always include links too and post about books that I love reading.

My family and friends LOVE IT and they often ask about certain things.  I also like that my friends (I literally have over 10 friends with babies around the same age as my little one) see a different perspective of parenting (and that it works for us).

If you would like the link to my personal blog, pm me :)

[Knitting Mama]

I say do it. I did the same thing. I'm never shy about talking about our parenting philosophy, so most people already know how we feel, but I see my blog as another outlet, so I post about AP and other stuff there too. Like my current homeschooling series.

[trumpcard]

I say do it in a non-confrontational way. I do this on my family blog all the time. I usually start with a sentence like "We have gotten a lot of questions about (insert topic of the day here--BLW, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, selective delayed vax, cloth, etc.) that I mentioned in my previous post . . ." and then I share our experiences and pictures when appropriate along with a tag at the end like. "For more information on BLW go here" and I provide a link to material backing up our decisions.

[Hannah32]

If you're blogging, IMO, you are putting it out there for discussion. I'd take the comments option off your blog if you don't want to hear what people think. But if you're expecting everyone to read all about your parenting style and not having anything to say about it? Comes off a bit like pontificating. And if you write something like you are describing? Well, that's pretty much inviting snide remarks behind your back. 

Go for it you're the snarky, provocative type though. Those people make baby blogs fun! :D 

[Knitting Mama]

Originally Posted by Hannah32 

If you're blogging, IMO, you are putting it out there for discussion. I'd take the comments option off your blog if you don't want to hear what people think. But if you're expecting everyone to read all about your parenting style and not having anything to say about it? Comes off a bit like pontificating. And if you write something like you are describing? Well, that's pretty much inviting snide remarks behind your back. 

Go for it you're the snarky, provocative type though. Those people make baby blogs fun! :D 

That comment is a little snarky itself!

[Hannah32]

Originally Posted by Cecilia's Mama 

Originally Posted by Hannah32 

If you're blogging, IMO, you are putting it out there for discussion. I'd take the comments option off your blog if you don't want to hear what people think. But if you're expecting everyone to read all about your parenting style and not having anything to say about it? Comes off a bit like pontificating. And if you write something like you are describing? Well, that's pretty much inviting snide remarks behind your back. 

Go for it you're the snarky, provocative type though. Those people make baby blogs fun! :D 

That comment is a little snarky itself!

True. My bad. ;) 

[mra]

I personally don't mind snarky at all!