When parents are blogging, at what age do you think they should cut back on the details to preserve the privacy and/or dignity of their kids?

I read a lot of parenting blogs, and I’ve followed one mom’s since the day of her daughter’s birth. Her daughter has spina bifida, so it’s been interesting to watch her daughter progress over the years and see how her mother deals with the challenges of having a disabled child.

Anyway, her daughter is now about seven and her mom is just as detailed as she was when the baby was born. I just read a post by mom that was extremely detailed about the difficulties of potty training her daughter (don’t diss the kid—potty training is really tough when you are partially paralyzed and may not be able to feel when you have to go or have the muscle strength to hold it. I know adults with spina bifida and other spinal problems that have the same difficulties.)

Anyway, I thought that maybe there comes a time when mom should stop blogging publicly about certain aspects of parenting. I thought that this could be potential fodder to ridicule the girl once her classmates discover the blog in a few years. She has friends and family members who now ALL know about things that might embarrass her—if not now, in a few years.

I’m going to stop reading this blog, because I feel that while it was interesting to read about this journey through growing up disabled, that now the child is old enough to deserve a little bit of privacy about things like potty training and other sensitive subjects.

Am I alone on this? I more than understand the urge for parents to blog everything—but shouldn’t there be limits? I’m just grateful blogging didn’t exist when I was a baby. Sheesh.