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I wrote quite a few embarrassing things in my diary when I was thirteen.
It was an awkward time, and I was trying to figure out how to transition from girl to woman. Also? I was TOTALLY BOY KRAZY.
Madonna's daughter, Lola, has started a fashion blog to support her new clothing line for Macy's, and, like my own diary at that age, it is endearingly awkward. The big difference?
Millions of people get to read it -- and I'm not sure how I feel about that as a mom.
A typical sentence from little Lola:
I recently got really interested in the group Muse, which are like reee-heeaally good. They are BLINGING INNIT MATE (British ghetto talk, its air air LOL)."
And another:
OKEE, so I read a lot of your comments and I’m like uber happy you guys like my blog. A lot of you asked me what color I was dying my hair and it’s actually going to be like a kind of cherry blackish thingy bobbie. OH MY DAIZ.
The content of her posts is completely tame -- but this is the kind of thing that I suspect will come back to haunt Lola in later years, whether she plays the fame game and her blog is read aloud when she makes a guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel -- or she leads a private life and her college friends one day post it on Facebook to embarrass her.
Of course, Lola can't know about the possible repercussions now -- but her mother knows.
Would you allow your 13-year-old daughter to write a very public, widely read blog? I have mixed feelings about it. I think I'd let my daughter blog if she wanted, but I would insist that she use a pseudonym, so that only her friends and family would know conclusively that it was her.
What do you think?
Comments (14)
I wouldn't have a problem with it as long as there was nothing innapropriate.
I think you should worry about what your own kids are doing and let madonna raise her child as she see fit.
I read a couple of her posts, and in one she talks about how she's going to London for a couple of days. A stalker or someone wishing her harm could possibly use this information. She talks about her likes and dislikes. I wouldn't want people knowing this much about my teen daughter.
All I can say is she types better than a lot of members of THIS website. Good for her. I don't see harm in her posts.
nope
Wow, someone needs to chill, no one is trying to raise anyone's child here, it's just a question!
I personally agree with you Lindsay. My 13 year old daughter does have a blog that she writes just for fun. She doesn't use her real name and doesn't give out any personal info, and I check it regularly to make sure of that.
Embarrassing things from our youth can always come back to haunt us as adults, but I think it's more of a safety issue if she's giving out personal information.
I dont see any problems with it
What KimmerJo said.
I think it's a little young to be so public. Just as I would be wary of any teen putting anything too personal out there as well as attracting posers (people who might pose as cool 15 year old boys to get her attention) I think if she keeps it to "fashion" and not personal info it it fine.
I agree with KimmerJo and CathyBurke. As long as she sticks to inconsequential things such as her fashion line and doesn't give out personal info, it would be okay. I definitely agree with the pseudonym name. It protects her as a person since she is such a young age. I think Madonna dropped the ball on this one.