Blogging- Valuable? Frusterating?

When thinking about blogging I feel torn. In one respect I think that blogging is valuable. For example at the place that I work over the summer I am quite close to one of the other employees and she has three super cute kids who she blogs about to keep everyone updated. She has posted pictures, videos, and comments about what is going in their lives. I think this is very valuable especially since they have family members that live all around the United States. I also think that blogging can be valuable in classroom to give kids their own voice & page to put it on. But I do feel like blogging can be frusterating in the idea that you aren't sure who is looking at it, reading it, or making judgements based on your blog. I like the idea of it being a way to share your voice but also think that is creates a forum for people to say things they wouldn't say when speaking face to face with other people. It seems easy to say anything on your blog but it's not always so easy to say things in front of others. This takes some of the personal contact out of communicating. But in another sense it is also helpful because people aren't necessarily worried about others so they give their honest opinion. I am really just discovering all the uses of blogs so I think for me it's a constant learning process.