Last week I did some brain storming on How to keep your child safe on facebook by following some 50 points. I, as a father of a fast growing toddler, have some experience that children always want to feel grownup more than their real age and their level of maturity. We all are aware of this fact that social networking today is something which should be taken seriously if we have children who love to be on internet most of their time.

Social Networking is not bad for children but precautions and awareness are two main unavoidable concerns to make your child use social networking websites for improving their knowledge, making good friends, learning good things from others and most importantly, be safe.

I don’t know what do you think about Facebook.com personally and that’s not my point of concern here but if you are looking for more options to join or make your child join a social network where he /she can play entertaining games, learn how to be creative and have some fun with other same aged children then here are some social networking and online communities which you may like to try out for your child.

Before registering to any website listed below, I highly advise you to go through their Terms and Conditions thoroughly.

1. ClubPenguin – Virtual Community for kids with parenting guidance, owned by Disney Inc.
2. GaiaOnline – Virtual Manga Disucssion Forum, one of the biggest online community forum in world.
3. Poptropica – Cool virtual games, stories and quests, owned by Family Education Network.
4. Habbo – Virtual games community, users aged 12 and above are allowed to join.
5. Neopets – Virtual Pet community. One of the biggest and best places for kids. Parental guidance needed.
6. Stardoll – Virtual paper doll community, have kid safe zone for under 13.
7. MoshiMonsters – Virtual pet monster community. Page for parents available.
8. FreeRealms – Game playing community, sufficient safety measures for children.
9. Hi 5 – Social networking for 13yrs and above.
10. Xanga – Blogging community for under 18
11. IMVU – Social network, 3D Virtual world and website allow user under 13 to register.
12. There – 3D Avatar social networking for under 13.
13. Chamber of Chat – Social network and MMORPG (Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game) designed for under 13.
14. Second Life – User created 3D Virtual community.
15. Kidswirl –Social Networking for Kids, features including chat, blogs etc.
16. Runescape – Multiplayer gaming site. Strict rules for preteens and under 18 users.
17. Pownce – Stopped their operations since dec 15 2008..site is closed forever.
18. Kidzworld – They claim it is safest website for kids, children can play games, chat and forum discussion.
19. Jaiku – Give services to connect people via web/IM/SMS. Jaiku is part of Google Inc.
20. Tickle – Closed !
21. 43 Things – Social networking site based on tagging.
22. vSide – vSide is a social network for user over 13.
23. Windows Live Spaces – MSN’s social networking and blogging platform
24. Imbee – Site is down. Will be back soon.
25. Active Worlds – User created 3d virtual home.
26. Boom Bang - 3D Virtual chat, games and fun site for user over 13. Parental advice and tips.
27. Dofus – MMORPG for user above 18
28. AwolNow - Avatar chat, games and virtual diary.
29. Sanriotown – Quiz, forum, games, chat for users under 13
30. Webkinz – Social networking for children under 18
31. http://www.webkinzjr.com – Virtual pet site for children under 13, different parent area , can monitor child’s activity.
32. Marapets – Virtual pet site, games etc.
33. Shining Stars – Virtual universe, children can send e-cards, play games etc.
34. Endless Online – Social networking and role playing games.
35. Eternal Lands – MMORPG community.
36. Furcadia -Role play, forums and community. Children under 15 need parent’s guidance to use this site.
37. Graal Online -Massive multiplayer gaming website community.
38. Guild Wars -MMORPG and player to player gaming community.
39. Hero Online- Role Playing Gaming community
40. Millsberry – Online community for kids under 13 and above. Games, animation etc.
41. Faces.com -Social networking, blogs, forums, chats for users aged above 13
42. Onverse-Online virtual world, game playing community for 13 and above.
43. Moove -3d avatars chats and games for users over 13.
44. Kaneva – 3D Virtual world, special guidelines for parents. User should be 13 or above.

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If someone asks me, who is my Idol then the answer, truly and from the bottom of my heart will be:”My Mother”. We all (my sister, my wife and my 1 and a 1/2 yrs. old son) call her Mamma. Mamma is not only my idol but my strength in any tough situation, my best friend and my sweet, short old lady too. I dedicated this article to my dear mother who taught me everything perfectly to become a man of honor, a man of principles and a man of strong faith.

To add little more about Mamma, I want to tell you that she started her first and only job as a teacher in government run school since she was 19 year old, now she is going to touch 60 and still she is teaching. She became widow when me and my sister were too young to understand her pain and she got ready once again to face this world all alone and for both of us and she did it greatly and successfully. Few years back she was diagnosed with breast cancer and now with the blessing of God Almighty she is healthier than ever. May she live long and healthy, Ameen!.

In this article I have listed 20 best Mommies of the world who blog, These mommies are close to their children like all mommies of the world but the only difference is, these mommies are credited of creating  long lasting, friendly, healthy and strong online communities of Mothers by their respective blogs. I am very well aware of the fact that there are hundreds of mommy blogs doing great but I have my own limitations, resources and strength to read and review as many mommy blogs as I can and finally I came up with this list of 20 Super Mommies And Their Super Blogs.

I in no way claim my list perfect, and all blogs are listed randomly and not according to their positions in numbers, so please don’t take it as top 20 blogs.

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The Busy Mom is fostering her blog since May 2003 while bringing up her 3 busy kids and at the same time taking care of her loving busy hubby, I guess I am right? It’s definitely not easy to do so many things in such an easy way. I wonder how much energy Busy Mom has, to do so much all alone.  Busy Mom writes everything going around her busy life, her home, her kids and she not only blog but she tweet, she is on facebook and she loves to share pics on flickr too. It won’t be wrong to say her “Busy Social Media Mom”.

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MommyBlog.com is one of the most beautiful gifts a husband has ever presented to her wife. The name of the lucky lady and the author of this blog is Kristjana and her loving husband is known as Casey. They have two sweeties and one doggie to make a happy go lucky family. Mommyblog revolves around the life of great mommy Kristjana and her family. It could be an inspirational and more importantly a useful resource for many mommies on internet out there. If you don’t find Kristjana blogging then expect Casey her husband to make a post to update her blog. What a dedicated and responsible blogger!

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TheDiaperDiaries.net is authored by a mother of 3 angels and a wife of a loving husband, I found this blog more a community of many mommies discussing on their day to day life, interests and hobbies. The blog says “Always Loaded; sometimes full of crap” but I didn’t notice anything crap anywhere on Diaperdiaries.net. Very catchy skills of writing which will make you stick to read the full post of the mommy. Certainly a fully loaded blog with various subjects including Marriages, Food, Family, Motherhood, Books and Deals. Diapersdiaries.net is simply awesome.

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Christine aka Young Mommy is a creator of this blog. She started blogging as a hobby now turned into her thriving business. Well, why not. After all Christine have 6 beautiful subjects to blog. Yes! She is blessed with 6 children, out of which 1 is a sweet little princess. FromDatesToDiapers.com is one of the most popular blog among social media mommies and other mom bloggers. It grabbed many awards and recognitions too. Christine is also active among social media circles like Twitter, Facebook and Gather (Youngmommy.gather.com). She is managing all this while taking care of her kids, I don’t know how she can but indeed she is a successful Mommy Blogger. The blog is full of interesting posts and activities, from Christine’s favorite recipes to her remarkable and noble thoughts about parenting, friendship, life, prayer and petition. There is a feel of happy life going around in fromdatestodiapers.com.

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A story of a Mother of two, who wants to pen down her baby’s story and at the same time also wish to connect with other moms which make a great and welcoming network of online mothers. It worked well and here is the output: amommystory.blogspot.com. Christina is a proud mommy behind this beautiful blog and of 3 beautiful children she has.  Christina is also a trained labor and delivery nurse. A Mommy Story will give you variety of rich content. Obviously more focused on parenting, child care, family and life but she also reviews products on another blog amommystoryreview.blogspot.com.

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Get blogger tips or check her 101 twitter tips and have more followers. Yes! I am in my senses it’s a Mommy Blog of Shannan who is a Mother of two and at a same time a technology geek too. Her blog MommyBits is combination of parenting and technology to assist all those techno moms of 21^st century. A real wonderful blog of a mom who loves her family and also technology. Besides parenting and technology Shannan also loves cooking and sharing her recipes on her blog. One can even check 50 more blogs related to parenting listed on Mommybits.com.

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A perfect blog on motherhood and parenting AlphaMom.com is well managed and loaded with real useful content which can help new mothers or mothers to-be. It also publishes product reviews and research based articles to develop better methods of child care and mothering. Started by Isabel Kallman, a mother of a 6 year old son, AlphaMom is serving community of mothers since long. The mission of AlphaMom.com in their own words is “Join us to learn, support and laugh at the messy and magical experience of being a mom.”

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If your kid is born in 21^st century then you cannot ignore the presence and affect of internet and technology in your child’s life. How to tackle your son or daughter while they are busy chatting with their online friends or texting their class mates with a mobile phone loaded with Google Maps and twitter applications? Like this if you have any doubts, confusions and problems than check TheOnlineMom.com to answer all your queries related to parenting in 21^st century. Founded by Monica Vila and Paul O’ Reilly this blog is now managed by group of bloggers, all from United States. An outstanding piece of work done by the team of TheOnlineMom.com makes it one rare blog I ever discovered. Surf this blog by its well settled categories from Basic to the teen age of your child. It’s a complete Technology guide for Parents.

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One of the most lively and the youngest blog in the list, Mommy’sTimeToday.com is growing faster every day. Authored by Brianne, a mother of two sweet children aged 5 and 2.5 is also a Green Mommy Blog . I congratulate Brianne for her 100^th post in less than 4 months of MommysTimeToday.com, which is a fabulous achievement and also reflects the commitment and focus of a blogger.  The blog says the story of a mother who is also a full time house wife taking care of her little kids. Her experiences, obstacles and their solutions while attracting many other followers and engaging them with discussion and comments on each post she made. It’s Mommy’s Time Today.

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Most beautiful blog in the list, enjoying the most beautiful journey of motherhood by Sue, a North Carolina pastry chef turned to a full time mother at home playing along with her 2 kids and one dashing Labrador called Champ! MotherhoodAndMe.com born out of necessity of Sue for her mental peace by connecting to the world of mothers and giving her a sound opportunity to speak up her mind. Out of hundreds of cool posts I would love to feature this article by Sue on her Blog .  It’s another mommy blog connecting many other moms to share their opinions and ideas on the best gift nature have given them, celebrated as “motherhood”.

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The Shopping Mama blog came out from an online shopping addict mom who explores new places on web to purchase things for her two children and at the same time shares it with her blog readers. Author of TheShoppingMama.com is Kate, wife of a pilot in Air force. She regularly review products she buys or like to buy online. The Shopping Mama is a best source for all the unique and fabulous things you want and need for your little ones but don’t have time to find on your own. Check this blog regularly and grab cool giveaways and affordable deals for your kids.

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Susan M Heim is an editor and writer on subjects like Parenting, twins, Christians and women issues. She is also an editor of famous Chicken Soup For Soul Series and has written many marvelous books on parenting. Susan often writes on her blog about Parenting, health care, book reviews related to parenting, product reviews and also giveaways and cool stuffs. Her blog is well reputed among many parents from all over the globe. Worth Visiting if you really need help in world’s most toughest and honorable job i.e. parenting.

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It is one of my favorite Mommy blog in this list, I bet anyone with an intention of getting healthy and good parenting resource will love to visit Green and Clean Mom again and again. The blog is full of so many things, child health related videos, green product reviews, tips to make your family life healthy while being eco friendly and so much more. A perfect design, great use of WordPress magic and such a noble thought. The lady behind Green and Clean Mom is known as Sommer Poquette,  a mother of two young children, a wife, an educator, a green entrepreneur, a humanitarian, an enthusiastic social media fanatic, an internet marketer, a social media and marketing consultant and a blogger.  Sommer started this blog in search of other moms and their thoughts about eco friendly products while raising their families.

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Mommylicious is helping moms balancing their career and parenting.  This blog has several nice pieces of article related to relationships, career, fashion tips, things to do in the weekend, women or children related business reviews mainly in Columbus. The author, an Indonesian born is a Mother of a son and a fashion freak lived more than half of her life in Columbus OH.  Shortly, this blog is all about parenting tips on a budget.

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This is another lovely online diary of a mother named Gauri, she is a proud mother of two and Tiny Tidbits is a way Gauri is collecting all those beautiful memories and time she spent while watching her children growing every day. Though originally from India, Gauri and her family are staying in Hong Kong China. Tiny Tidbits revolve around author’s life, her kids, her Indian traditions, festivals and everything useful, interesting and loving. A cool blog.

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Nature Moms Blog is an absolute justice to the label “Green Mom’s Blog”. Tiffany Washko is trying hard and also successful in spreading the awareness of being green, being responsible to nature and teaching our children to the betterment of their own future and finally a peaceful world to live. Nature Moms is third blog in the list who have same mission but there are many technical and other differences between each of them. Every blog and authors are unique but one common aim is to serve and connect with other bloggers and millions and thousands of readers.  Nature Moms writes about many interesting things while keeping nature first in their list. You will love reading Eco friendly Birthday Party post. Another worth reading categories are like Natural Toys, Green Cleaning, Crafts, Carnivals, Book  reviews, birth and baby etc.

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A family blog of Karen Andrews, her husband and their two kids. The blog is an unforgettable experience for a lazy reader like me who has 100s of blogs to read per day but Karen’s ultimate writing skills kept me busy reading her sentiments, feelings and interesting posts.Miscmom.com stands for Miscellaneous Adventures of an Aussie Mum. A writer by profession, Karen has beautifully chosen her most unforgettable days in her own words, that’s what Miscmum.com is all about.

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Any question about the name Theta Mom? Theta Mom is something more than Alpha and Beta Mom. In heather’s own words Theta Moms, The True, Authentic Moms. [The-T-A] We are authentic because we live authentic lives. Life isn’t perfect and neither are our kids. Heather is a proud mom of not only her two beautiful children but also proud of her award winning blog ThetaMom.com.  ThetaMom, encourages mothers to come and unite on one platform and openly discuss about redefining Motherhood. Although it started in mid 2009, Thetamom.com grabbed success and popularity at a tremendous speed. All credit goes to the Thetamom i.e. Heather, who not only gave herself an opportunity to come in front of other moms of world but also gave equal chance to several other lucky mommies to join with their mission.

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What is this Mommyology? The science of analyzing and defining the new “normal” that is a direct result of having children. Let me ask another question? What is Mommyologist?  Then check this cool blog Mommyologist.com to get the answer of my second question. I always thought how challenging it is to be a mom when I used to see my mother. My judgment became more strong when I saw my wife becoming a mother, but mommyologist.com says it’s wonderful to be a mother, well no issue in that but how? That’s what you can learn from Mommyologist.com. Author is obviously a mother, learning from her own experiences, enjoying it and sharing it on her blog. That’s awesome, that’s simply superb. Visit it and you will enjoy every bit of it.

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A single & mother of 3, Mindy Roberts is penning down the “Adventures From The Wonderbelly of Motherhood” on TheMommyBlog.net. Blogging since December 2003, Mindy’s blog is one of the oldest blogs in this list. She writes on many subjects related to life, travelling, internet, child’s health, moms like them and more. Mindy is also well known among her professional circle and also featured on several media groups like CNN, Forbes,  USA Today and also got an opportunity to be on Oprah Winfrey Show “Secret Lives of Moms”. The Mommy Blog is worth visiting.

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Online dating, photo sharing, fun, entertainment, forum games and visiting profiles are some very common and usual activities on any social networking site, but some people think other way and so do Priyanka a married woman and a mother of a “dashing” boy, Priyanka thought to make a place for other daddies and mommies like her on orkut.com by creating a community dedicated to Indian parents, Indian Parenting is a strong community of more than 2k active parents discussing on every issues related to child upbringing, in this interview session we invited Priyanka to share more about her sweet and equally strong community and her personal life and thoughts.

Welcome Priyanka!

Thank you so much for inviting me

It’s a pleasure for us, Please throw some light on your family background and profession.

Thanks Zazo, I am staying in a Joint Family in Bangkok and mother of a cute boy. I am working as a computer programmer

Priyanka how an Indian Parenting came up? What is the objective and main purpose?

When I joined Orkut, I looked for a parenting community but could not find one.
So I decided to create Parenting community myself, i invited a lot of parents and started healthy discussions which created interest in many young parents and expected mothers. I may be the owner of Indian Parenting but this community is growing because of each and every parent there.

As a parent yourself how much Indian Parenting benefited you?

A lot, Indian Parenting Community has changed my views and I have learned a lot through others experience.

Priyanka why you chose orkut to made this community? As your orkut profile shows that you are professionally learned web designer so you can also make a website/community forum dedicated to Indian parents.

I have my own website named www.desithai.com and over there in discussion forum i have kept a forum separately for Indian Parenting..
but not much members post topics there as its a new website.
I have joined parenting groups and communities in facebook too.

As a working women how do you manage time between work and family and your activities on different social networking sites. How many hours/mins in a day you give to Indian Parenting?

I get up @ 5pm everyday and finish my work in morning, make my son ready for school @ 7.00 pm. I try reaching office early so I can give time to my website..
then in lunch time and free break I do orkutting and check my website
after I reach back home I try to give whole of my time to my son

Please tell us about your kid, how old he is and how naughty he is?

my son will be 5 this month, he is a very sensible child, he is naughty only sometimes not always

What are your personal thoughts on Indian parents? You know that child upbringing in India is very different(socially, culturally) from other progressed countries like U.S and U.K, do you believe that parents of those progressed countries are more advance and active in the upbringing of the child then an average middle class Indians? Please throw some light on this issue.

I believe in individual parent upbringing, it all depends on what culture and upbringing you want to give your child, parents living in India might get all latest toys and stuff from foreign county and give free and modern beliefs to child and on the other hand family living outside India might not allow children to lead a free and modern life. They are forced to follow the culture strictly so it all depends on individual parent or family upbringing.

What are your personal thoughts on an abortion? Do you think that mother has right to decide abort her baby or not? We saw the increasing number of abortion going on everyday since the social life of an average Indian is changed and people are more career and health conscious then before.

I hate the word abortion, if god has decided to send the child to you then who are you to kill the baby, abortion is another term of murder.
if the baby is not fully developed or organs are not developed then the parents can decide to keep or not to keep but getting aborted because u didn’t want the baby is bad.

Do you think that after the success of Indian Parenting community on orkut your aim is accomplished? or do you have any more future plans for it? and what do you think about orkut.com as a social networking site?

Orkut is a very good social networking site but few people misuse it so we all have to be careful. My next aim is to make www.desithai.com a success, its also a social networking site.

All the best for it Priyanka and thanks for giving all your precious time and effort to make this interview a beautiful write up

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