If you don't want to hear about it, don't tell about it
There's a couple of blogs that I read pretty regularly. One of them, happens to have a husband who's blog I also read. I'm sure this couple is very nice. I'm sure they are using their blogs as means of self-expression and reflection; however, recently, they have been posting things about their child who is not developing "normally" (if that's even possible). Now, I don't have a problem with people talking about their kids, their family, even their jobs to some extent on the internet. In fact, I'm a firm believer in the First Ammendment so you should say whatever you want (cock, shit, balls, fucker, etc....) However, if you're going to put something out there for people to read AND comment on, you're going to get criticism. No matter what you say, someone is going to have a problem with it. "The Pope is a nice guy." Some disgruntled Catholic is going to wholeheartedly disagree with me. I'm fine with that. Unfortunately, the authors of these blogs have THE THINNEST SKIN EVER. No, I do not have children, and I will probably have thin skin when it comes to my children too. BUT, if you don't want somebody to comment on something in a negative or critical way, don't let people read it. I just think that if you put something on the internet, and make it available to others, but you get pissy when they say you're not "normal" or "this is how you SHOULD be doing it" you've really set yourself up.

I think this post is really just about people in general. People are inherently good, they only go bad every once in a while, and usually, it's due to crazy environmental factors like an alcoholic abusive father or something. When people give criticism to others, who have been willing to discuss it openly, they're not meaning to hurt anyone. People like to share ideas about things that helped/hurt them in their experience. Additionally, people really need to think about the demographic of regular internet readers. While the blog author may not know the commentors, the commentors feel like they know the author. When these people return to your site day after day, they know you, your style, your life. I just think if you put all the details about your life out on the line, and then bitch because people don't like it, you're the one who's got the problem.

I probably won't go to their blogs anymore, because it's pretty riddiculous to read people getting pissed off at comments everyday. Turn the comments off, damn! So seriously, for your kids sake, for your own sanity's sake, if you can't take criticism (constructive or not) don't hand anyone an opportunity to give you any.