Family-and-homemaking blogs are

weblog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

s that feature commentary and discussions especially about

home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

, and

parenting Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a ...

. Appellations in media reports of "mom blog," "dad blog," "parenting blog" and "family blog" refer to blogs of this type. Businesses seek to run advertising for household items and children's merchandise on blogs of this type. The greater proportion of authors of blogs of this type are

women A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ...

Lists

Notable mentions in the media

Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...

made her first of several blog entries at the group weblog

BlogHer BlogHer is an American media company founded by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory des Jardins, and Lisa Stone in 2005. It is an online blogger community and holds a yearly conference for women bloggers. BlogHer is owned by SHE Media which is a division of ...

on July 17, 2008; all of her posts on this site were its "Mommy & Family" section. *

Elizabeth Edwards Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards (July 3, 1949 – December 7, 2010) was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democrati ...

, wife of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate

John Edwards Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...

, responded to criticism, originating in the online parenting (or "mom") blog ''Strollerderby,'' of Edward's children's accompanying her at campaign appearances. *

Katie Couric Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, ''Wake Up Call''. From 2013 to 2017, ...

blogged on a multi-author parenting blog ''New York City Moms Blog'' prior to her interview of 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate,

Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 R ...

Notable writers

* Jenny Lawson, also known as 'The Bloggess' *

C. Jane Kendrick Courtney Jane Kendrick (née Clark, born March 11, 1977) is a blogger, former ''Deseret News'' newspaper columnist and humorist who mommy blog, writes about her life and family on her blog, ''C Jane Enjoy It''. Kendrick chose the title of her blog ...

, ''C. Jane, Enjoy It'' *

Heather Armstrong Heather B. Armstrong (''née'' Hamilton, born July 19, 1975) is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes under the pseudonym of Dooce, a pseudonym that came from her inability to quickly spell "dude" during online chats ...

, "Dooce" *

Laurie Puhn Laurie Puhn is an American writer, television personality and family/divorce lawyer. She hosted ''i on New York'', on WPXN-TV from 2006-2007. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, she initially practiced corporate law at a New Yor ...

, "Expecting Words" *

Lylah M. Alphonse Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972) is an American journalist. Early life Alphonse was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the oldest child of Gerard A. Alphonse, a Haitian electrical engineer, inventor and research scientist, and Tehmina M. Alphonse, a ...

, "Write. Edit. Repeat.", In the Parenthood", "Child Caring", "The 36-Hour Day", and elsewhere *

Ree Drummond Anne Marie "Ree" Drummond (née Smith, born January 6, 1969) is an American blogger, author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma with her husband. In February 2010, s ...

, " The Pioneer Woman" *

Nell Minow Nell Minow is an American film reviewer and writer who writes and speaks frequently on film, media, and corporate governance and investing. Ms. Minow was named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine ...

, "Movie Mom" (motto: "A parent's eye on media, culture, and values") *

Paula Spencer (journalist) Paula Patyk Spencer is an American journalist and author who specializes in parenting and family, pregnancy, women's health, and related social issues. Spenser was a contributing editor to the former ''Parenting Magazine'',. She also contribute ...

Robert Rummel-Hudson ''Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter'' is a book by Robert Rummel-Hudson. Rummel-Hudson began writing online in 1995 and also writes a parenting blog called Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords; both book and blog c ...

, "Schuyler's Monster" ("A father's journey with his wordless daughter") *

Teresa Strasser Teresa Lynn Strasser (born June 8, 1970) is an American writer and television personality known for hosting the first season of the home makeover show ''While You Were Out'' on TLC. She also co-hosted '' The Adam Carolla Show''. Personal life S ...

, "Exploiting My Baby" ("Because it's exploiting me") * Chelsea Gladden, "Breezy Mama" ("For Smart & Sassy Moms")

Notable websites

Babble.com ''Babble'' was an online magazine and blog network targeting young, educated, urban parents. Their site operated a large network of parent blogs, employing many bloggers on the subjects of parenting and child-raising. In early 2019, it was announ ...

* Brainhell (anonymously written, terminal medical-condition and family blog) * Green Hour Blog *

Momlogic Telepictures (also known as Telepictures Productions; formerly known as Telepictures Distribution and Telepictures Corporation) is an American television show and filmmaking company, currently operating as a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television S ...

* Momversation *

Parenting (magazine) ''Parenting'' was a magazine for families and it was published in United States between 1987 and 2013. Its final headquarters was in Winter Park, Florida. History and profile ''Parenting'' was launched in 1987 by Robin Wolaner in a joint venture ...

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