Young Mum’s Bite Back! The Future of Blogging?

Actually, to no-ones great surprise, I am not a "Mum" nor “young” (I’m young at heart, of course). However, today I had the privilege of being invited to speak to a young parents support group about “blogging”. The project is supported by Connexions London East. Judith Garfield, the manager of Eastside Community Heritage and Richard Bolt (Chair of Trustees) thought that my brief but intensive experience of blogging may be of interest to the group. My views (posts) are my own, however, blogging is actually more difficult than some people make out but not as difficult as may seem when you first log on to a blog provider (the only language providers seem to understand is “planet geek”) To quote Judith, “The project will train the young people as journalists, oral historians to tell their story and interview older parents about parenthood and what experiences they have had and the older parents had in the past, the project will also provide training in historical research and trips i.e. to Ragged School Museum, foundling museum”. It is also intended to be resource for support, advice and "fun".

I was able to work with the students to take a digital photo, create a blogspot account and make our first post (with a picture and link). Early days yet! This is only probably a demo blog. The “Young Mums Bite Back” (the name of their first post) I met today are very sharp. Check out their blog Don’t hush “DISCUSS”. I think that they will actually end up showing me a thing or two (or three) about blogging pdq.