There are plenty of parenting blogs floating around on the
internet, but few have as touchy a subject as “An Addict in Our Son’s Bedroom.” Started in January 2009, An Addict in our Son’s Bedroom aims to chronicle the lives of two parents trying to help out their son – a drug addict. While the blog focuses on the parents’ struggle to raise their troubled child, there are also posts centered around their own lives and activities, painting a picture of their personalities and what they do when parenting is not the primary focus. These posts often lend a happy tone to an otherwise somber blog about personal development.
The content of the blog draws you in right from the interesting and mysterious titles and keeps you enthralled till the very last word. There is a lot of emotional weight in each post, and you can honestly connect with the authors. Subtle usage of paragraph breaks, bold and italic font, and varying sentence structure make this blog a really great read. Every post has some lesson or deep feeling to share, and every post is completely engaging.
The blog has a lightweight, innocent looking blue blogger theme, with text that makes it extremely easy to read. There aren’t a lot of frills aside from the sidebar widgets, which can feel a little crowded. Once you make your way past the widgets, you find links to popular posts, useful links, an archive, a blog roll, and, all the way at the bottom, some about information.
This blog gets a 4/5 for having compelling content that really draws the readers into the bloggers’ lives. The design enhances the content and makes it easier to read, and the overall presentation is spectacular. If you want to read something well-written that connects with its audience, you have to check out An Addict in Our Son’s Bedroom.
internet, but few have as touchy a subject as “An Addict in Our Son’s
Bedroom.” Started in January 2009, An Addict in our Son’s Bedroom aims
to chronicle the lives of two parents trying to help out their son – a
drug addict. While the blog focuses on the parents’ struggle to raise
their troubled child, there are also posts centered around their own
lives and activities, painting a picture of their personalities and
what they do when parenting is not the primary focus. These posts
often lend a happy tone to an otherwise somber blog about personal
development.
The content of the blog draws you in right from the interesting
and mysterious titles and keeps you enthralled till the very last
word. There is a lot of emotional weight in each post, and you can
honestly connect with the authors. Subtle usage of paragraph breaks,
bold and italic font, and varying sentence structure make this blog a
really great read. Every post has some lesson or deep feeling to
share, and every post is completely engaging.
The blog has a lightweight, innocent looking blue blogger theme,
with text that makes it extremely easy to read. There aren’t a lot of
frills aside from the sidebar widgets, which can feel a little
crowded. Once you make your way past the widgets, you find links to
popular posts, useful links, an archive, a blog roll, and, all the way
at the bottom, some about information.
This blog gets a 4/5 for having compelling content that really
draws the readers into the bloggers’ lives. The design enhances the
content and makes it easier to read, and the overall presentation is
spectacular. If you want to read something well-written that connects
with its audience, you have to check out An Addict in Our Son’s
Bedroom.
The first thing you can not fail to notice about this blog is its unbelievable large header, which I have to say takes away from the navigation of the blog. The header is cute however and will be your first impression of this blogger’s sense of humor. The bloggeries are left marginalized with a right sided navigation bar that contains the blog essentials. In the navigation bar you will find the Entrecard, About Page, Blog Awards, Blog Poll, and Blogroll titled ‘Listen to Mom and Read These Blogs’. You’ll also find here some advertising and the blogspot Archive Menu which also provides recent posts in clickable links. There are many images that can be found within the bloggeries, with each having an image of its own. This not only makes the bloggery more interesting but the images are often very funny! The design of the blog is quite well-done as well although it can’t seem to escape that basic “I am a Blogspot blog” feeling.
If you are a mom, then you will appreciate the sentiments that you will find at 
The blog is well organized in a clean layout that makes blog navigation very easy. Bloggeries are centralized and there is both a left and right navigation bar. Bloggeries are black text on beige background and the blog is bordered in a soft orange with links highlighted in deep rustic color. The color scheme and theme is very warm and inviting, excellent choices for this type of blog. In the left navigation bar you will find a blog calendar, Recent Posts Menu, and a stats counter. In the right navigation bar you will find the RSS button, Archives Menu, and blogroll. All bloggeries are accompanied by relevant pictures which add meaning to the bloggeries, and make the blog aesthetically appealing overall.
