Why do parents blog?

Is it because they're neurotic, selfish people who care too much about themselves and not enough about their kids? Or maybe it's because they're neurotic, selfish people who "are focused on taking their children's emotional, social and academic temperature every four or five seconds"? Possibly both, according to the NYT. Maybe, the article concedes at the end, "all the online venting and hand-wringing is actually helping the bloggers become better parents and better human beings."

Or maybe, you know, people write about their kids because it's part of life. A really big part. Maybe kids are just people, which sort of makes the question, "why write about parenting?" akin to asking "why write about relationships with other people?"

But hey, what do I know. I'm a neurotic, selfish parent with a blog.

Be sure and check out Clancy's post on this article--she was interviewed for it. Follow the trackback.