Now that IJ has turned seven, I am giving a little more thought to the things I write about her on this blog. Most importantly, whether she would approve or not, if it would embarrass her and how she would feel about discovering aspects of her life online.
Although she has seen the occasional picture of her here, and has reacted with great excitement, she does not really know what a blog is or what is written here. But soon she will be old enough to read it and even comment on it in the future, and the time will come when we need to discuss its content.
She may not want certain things written about her and specific topics may be out of bounds. We will have to discuss it, and if she objected to a post I would have to take it down.
Or she may encourage me to write about her and be excited to see it documented here. Who knows? It is certainly something we will have to discuss and I will have to respect her feelings.
Her viewpoint may change again when she reaches the teenage years because I still plan to be blogging then, although I expect the content will be quite a lot different in six years’ time. IJ may decide to start her own blog and write all about me.
There’s a thought.
