I was reading this (Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand.) this morning and just could not helped but be bothered by this article. The title implies that blogging is a past-time taking away from time a mother should be spending with her children. I'm sure there have been instances of this, but in most cases mom bloggers are trying to balance the challenge of building a business, which just happens to be a blog, with raising their family.
The New York Times would not dare write a similarly titled article about a working mother climbing the corporate ladder in this day and age without offending at least have of its readership. Can you see it "Not now honey, I've got a big client meeting in an hour?" No, of course not, because that is reality for roughly half of the workforce. So the message is that a blog is a silly hobby and mom's should focus more on their kids?
I am not a mother, but I know balancing professional aspirations with a family is a challenge faced my many women. For some women, a blog is an escape, for others its a compromise, a way to work from home and for still others it is the most exciting professional venture of their careers. A lot of these women have built influential brands and businesses, and though I don't support adults drinking anything from a sippy cup, I don't quite understand why title of the article would have us believe, that these mothers are somehow shirking their mom-duties for their blogs.
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