Heather Armstrong
Runs the website Dooce.com, author of It Sucked and then I Cried
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Dooce blogger Heather B. Armstrong earns a living revealing personal details — an act that actually got her fired from her job as a web designer seven years ago. Since then she's made a reputation for brutal (and often hilarious) honesty and openness. Her new book,
It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita documents her post-partum depression and self-admission to a mental health facility. Not something many parents would be willing to put in hard copy. But you don’t have to be famous to have your personal details on the internet these days. So how do you shield your children from information you don't think they should know? And how much is okay to tell them?
Heather B. Armstrong looks at how we decide where to draw the line.
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How much do you tell your children? What did your parents over-share with you?
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