Family-and-homemaking blogs are weblogs which feature commentary and discussions especially about home, family

Family

In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...

, and parenting

Parenting

Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...

. 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.

Notable mentions in the media

• Michelle Obama
  Michelle Obama
  Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States...
  
   made her first of several blog entries at the group weblog BlogHer
  BlogHer
  BlogHer refers to a group blog and online community, and to an annual blogging conference for women. Three of the 2005 conference organizers, , , and , began a company, Blogher LLC, which in 2006 also began a blog ad network...
  
   on July 17, 2008; all of her posts on this site were its "Mommy & Family" section.
• Elizabeth Edwards
  Elizabeth Edwards
  Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S...
  
  , wife of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards
  John Edwards
  Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...
  
  , responded to criticism, originating in the online parenting (or "mom") blog Strollerderby, of Edward's children's accompanying her at campaign appearances.
• CBS News
  CBS News
  CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
  
   anchor Katie Couric
  Katie Couric
  Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as Special Correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials...
  
   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 Palin
  Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
  
  .

Notable writers

• Jenny Lawson
  Jenny Lawson
  Jennifer Lawson is an American journalist and blogger. She is the author of The Bloggess and Ill Advised blogs, co-author of Good Mom/Bad Mom on the Houston Chronicle and a columnist for SexIs Magazine. She is best known for her irreverent writing style. She also used to write an advice column...
  
  , AKA 'The Bloggess'
• C. Jane Kendrick
  C. Jane Kendrick
  Courtney Jane Kendrick is a blogger, Salt Lake City, Utah, Deseret News newspaper columnist and humorist who writes about her life and family on her blog, C Jane Enjoy It...
  
  , C. Jane, Enjoy It
• Heather Armstrong
  Heather Armstrong
  Heather B. Armstrong is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes under the pseudonym of Dooce...
  
  , "Dooce"
• Laurie Puhn
  Laurie Puhn
  Laurie Puhn is an American writer, family and divorce lawyer-mediator and television personality. She hosted i on New York, on WPXN-TV from 2006-2007....
  
  , "Expecting Words"
• Lylah M. Alphonse
  Lylah M. Alphonse
  Lylah M. Alphonse is an American journalist. Her mother is a Parsi from India and her father is from Haiti. The eldest of three children, Alphonse attended Princeton Day School.A graduate of the S.I...
  
  , "Write. Edit. Repeat.", In the Parenthood", "Child Caring", "The 36-Hour Day", and elsewhere
• Ree Drummond
  Ree Drummond
  Ann Marie "Ree" Drummond is an award-winning American blogger, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, she was listed as No. 22 on Forbes' Top 25 Web Celebrities --...
  
  , "The Pioneer Woman"
• Nell Minow
  Nell Minow
  Nell Minow is a film reviewer and writer who writes and speaks frequently on film and media, and corporate governance and investing.-Personal:...
  
  , "Movie Mom" (motto: "A parent's eye on media, culture, and values")
• Paula Spencer (US journalist)
• Robert Rummel-Hudson, "Schuyler's Monster" ("A father's journey with his wordless daughter")
• Teresa Strasser
  Teresa Strasser
  Teresa Lynn Strasser 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:...
  
  , "Exploiting My Baby" ("Because it's exploiting me")

Notable websites

• Brainhell
  Brainhell
  Brainhell was the pen name of Brian Hill, an American journalist and poet who blogged closely and anonymously for four years about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , the disease that eventually killed him...
  
   (anonymously written, terminal medical-condition and family blog)
• Green Hour
  Green Hour
  Green Hour is an educational program of the National Wildlife Federation, created in response to a growing disconnect between nature and children, a condition dubbed Nature deficit disorder by Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods...
  
   Blog
• Momlogic
• Momversation
  Momversation
  Momversation is a website and online video series produced by DECA, the Digital Entertainment Corporation of America. The show, which officially launched on November 12, 2008, consists of mom bloggers discussing issues pertinent to women and parenting...
  
  
• Parenting (magazine)
  Parenting (magazine)
  Launched in 1987 by Time Inc., Parenting is a magazine for families published in the United States. In February 2009, the magazine became two separate, age-targeted editions: Parenting Early Years, for moms of infants, toddlers and preschoolers; and Parenting School Years, for moms with kids in...
  
  
• Babble
  Babble
  Babble is a British internet telephony service. It was one of the first commercialisations of VoIP technology, appearing in 2004 approximately 6 months after the proprietary Skype opened up interest in telephony over the internet...