
Today, I conclude my reviews of some of the parenting blogs featured in the book,
Blogosphere: Best of Blogs, by Peter Kuhns and Adrienne Crew. Here are links to the previous posts in the series:
Parenting Blogs
More Parenting Blogs
Even More Parenting Blogs
Mom Bloggers and Dad Bloggers
Pregnancy Blogs and More
American Family – http://www.americanfamily.typepad.com/american_family/
Written by a Caucasian women who’s married to an Asian American, this writer blogs about being a mom and their quest to adopt a child from China. She also includes many candid reflections about being a member of a multi-racial family. Her bio is a riot – you have to check that out.
Joyride Through Insanity – http://joyride.clubmom.com/
Jennifer James, a homeschooling advocate and parenting expert for black families, recently joined the ClubMom blogging network, where she writes about a variety of topics. Moms who homeschool will pick up some helpful tips from this blog. If you want to read her archives from the past couple of years and read some of the articles she’s written for newspapers and magazines, visit her personal blog, Mama-Noire: http://www.mama-noire.blogspot.com/.
Mocha Moms Online – http://www.mochamoms.org/
This beautifully-designed Website is for stay-at-home moms of color. While it’s not a blog, the “News and Resources” department is set up in blog format and includes lots of terrific links to topics such as breastfeeding, finances, health and nutrition, gardening, homeschooling, parenting, political advocacy, and home-based work.
A Peek Into My Insanity! – http://www.twinsmom603.blogspot.com/
In this entertaining blog, Crystal, the mother of 3-year-old twins and wife of an Army soldier, keeps readers laughing with anecdotes such as this one posted recently: “Here is birth control for the masses. I spent my afternoon Magic Eraser-ing boogers off the wall in the kids' room.”
Adventures in Autism – http://www.adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/
If you have an autistic child or know someone who does, check out this blog. Written by Ginger Taylor, “a family therapist with a current case load of one” (her autistic son), Ginger shares what she’s learning about autism and includes links to all sorts of articles and information about autism.
HomeSchoolBlogger.com – http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/memberlist.php
This blog network is comprised of 118 bloggers who share ideas and resources for—you guessed it—homeschooling. The member list the blog name, writer’s screen name and the date of the most recent post. In skimming through the index, it appears that most of the blogs aren’t updated too frequently—maybe that’s because they’re too busy homeschooling!