Blogs: A Blessing in Disguise

An innocent attempt to de-stress my ten year old by allowing her to play 'Farmville' on Facebook, turned out to be my stress. She became addicted to the game. So, I decided to introduce her to blogs and she was quite excited about it. I showed her some of the reading blogs and though she expressed sentiments like, "That sounded good,"she didn't seem to be very interested in the blogs. I then said, "Let me help you create your own blog." From that moment onwards, it was truly amazing to see how much the process of creating a blog appealed to her. I found that she was learning so fast and she totally enjoyed customizing her page. I was impressed when she said, "I want to put a background that tells about what I like." She also asked many questions along the way such as what kinds of things can she write about and she even said that blogs were more interesting than facebook so this made me extremely happy and thankful. She took her time to write, read and edit her first post which was her experience in Niagara Falls . She even put up a picture.

Since then, she has created about four posts and I notice her careful use of certain expressions and grammatical structures. The precision which is displayed in creating the posts will certainly be useful in helping her with essay writing. What makes it fun for her is the artistic part of the activity which is captured in the use of colour and design. So, by introducing my daughter to blogs, not only have I curbed the facebook addiction but, I have also helped in developing her reading and writing skills, hence my reason for calling blogs, "A Blessing in Disguise."