BritMums blogger featured in the Washington Post

Watch out Woodward and Bernstein. Our very first column for the Huffington Post UK has been picked up by none other than the Washington Post, the newspaper famous for breaking the Watergate story. That’s right people, we’ve gone global.

Describing BritMums as “the British forum of parenting bloggers” the article praises the sensitive writing of our members in their reactions to the UK riots. The Washington Post writer, Janice D’Arcy, highlights Kelly Innes aka Domestic Goddesque’s post, My legacy: rioting is not the answer.

In her post, Kelly describes the legacy that she wants to leave for her children, and how her initial thoughts on the topic had been thrown up in the air by the activities of looters and rioters at the beginning of this week.

“What do I want to leave my children?” she asks.

• A clear sense of what is right and wrong. I’d like to know that there is a Police Force that is beyond reproach, who will protect them and their belongings. A Police that they can trust.
• I want to leave them with a country and a people to be proud of. I want to leave them with the sort of country that bounces back from hideous events such as the 7/7 bombings with a stronger sense of community, with stronger ties and with an absolute determination not to be pulled apart by such senselessness.
• I would hope that this sense of community encompasses all nationalities, all creeds, all colours: the thing that unites us should be our desire for a better life, a better future, not whether the person who lives next door goes to church or not.
• I hope that they will see riots by people who do not show their faces as mindless criminality. If you have something to protest about, you must have belief in it enough to a) show your face and your pride in your beliefs and b) give your belief the respect it deserves by NOT making your point with violence.

Read the full Washingon Post article here.

Read Domestic Goddesque’s post here.