Carnival of Family Life

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“Blog Carnival” Defined

Just as the title suggests, the Carnival of Family Life features family-related articles on a weekly basis.

A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. Blog Carnivals typically consist of a collection of links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic or theme. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine: It has a title, a topic or theme, editors (weekly hosts), contributors, and an audience. Each edition is itself a blog article that consists of the links to all the contributions submitted, often accompanied by commentary, remarks and/or opinion offered by the editor (host).

Contributing articles to Carnivals devoted to specific topics or themes that interest you is a great way to learn more about that topic, network with other bloggers, and become part of an online community, in addition to building your readership and augmenting traffic to your own site.

Goals of the Carnival of Family Life

The goal of the Carnival of Family Life is to provide readers an opportunity to sit down in front of their computers, relax, enjoy a cup of coffee, and be inspired, amused, motivated or experience a couple of “A ha!” or “Me, too!” moments while reading and considering the various entries.

Guidelines for Participants

  • Nonfiction, fiction or “how to” articles, poems, videos, photos . . . any type of entry is acceptable so long as it relates to the theme, i.e., “family.” Of course, “family” has many meanings and there are different types of families. The topic can revolve around any aspect of family life, including but not limited to parenting experiences and tips/guidance, relationships, education, finances, pets, the composition and/or formation of family units, challenges facing familial units today, etc.
  • First-time contributors and hosts are always welcome!
  • You can submit your post any time throughout the week by clicking on this link. The deadline is every Saturday at midnight (Pacific time), with the weekly edition posted each Monday morning by the week’s host.
  • Only one post/article from a specific blog will be accepted each week. If you have more than one blog, you may submit one entry per week from each site.
  • Articles will only be included once. Therefore, articles which have been featured in past editions will not be featured again, so the same article(s) should not be submitted on multiple occasions.
  • The post/article you submit does not have to have been initially published within a specific time frame. It can be a new article, published for the first time in conjunction with the Carnival, or an older piece that you would like to spotlight at a particular time.
  • No post/article containing nudity, profanity, vulgar language or images, or hate speech will be accepted. No exceptions will be made so please do not ask. (I agree with David Culpepper of Pure Blogging who, in establishing guidelines for guest bloggers, classifies the use of profanity as “unacceptable content,” noting “You can make your point without the use of profanity.”)
  • Posts which are merely advertisements for products, even if those products are family-friendly, will not be accepted. This includes, but is not limited to Pay Per Post or similar entries.
  • Each post submitted must stand alone rather than simply point to a different article, thereby requiring readers to click more than once in order to access the full article.
  • Comments must be enabled! Articles published on sites that either do not accept comments or require the reader to register in order to comment will not be accepted. No exceptions to this policy will be made!

Carnival Archive

     
April 13, 2009 On the Horizon Happy Easter Edition
April 6, 2009 RayRay's Writing  
March 30, 2009 Colloquium Happy Birthday Edition
March 23, 2009 Colloquium Spring Has Arrived Edition
March 16, 2009 Colloquium St. Patrick's Day Edition
March 9, 2009 Colloquium  
March 2, 2009 The Expanding Life Classic Family Film Edition
February 23, 2009 Colloquium  
February 16, 2009 On the Horizon  
February 9, 2009 Mixed Metaphor.net Valentine's Day Edition
February 2, 2009 The Expanding Life Home Edition
January 26, 2009 All Rileyed Up Lessons from the Pinewood Derby
January 19, 2009 Colloquium Inaugural/Civil Rights Edition
January 12, 2009 Colloquium  
January 5, 2009 Domestic Cents  
December 29, 2008 Mixed Metaphor.net Happy New Year Edition
December 22, 1008 Colloquium Merry Christmas Edition
December 15, 2008 Debbie's Debt Advice  
December 8, 2008 All Rileyed Up "Did you know . . .?" Trivia Edition
December 1, 2008 Suburban Wife's Daily Dollar Diary Snowman Edition
November 24, 2008 On the Horizon Thankfulness Edition
November 17, 2008 The Expatriate's Kitchen Thanksgiving Traditions Edition
November 10, 2008 Colloquium Honoring Our Veterans Edition
October 27/November 3, 2008 On a Quest to Be Debt Free The Very Late Edition
October 20, 2008 Raising a Healthy Family Harvest Festival Edition
October 13, 2008 On the Horizon  
October 6, 2008 Health Plans Plus  
September 29, 2008 Colloquium  
September 22, 2008 Colloquium Welcoming Autumn Edition
September 15, 2008 Colloquium  
September 8, 2008 Colloquium Harvest Edition
September 1, 2008 Colloquium  
August 25, 2008    
August 18, 2008 Frugal Homesteading Blog  
August 11, 2008 All Rileyed Up  
August 4, 2008 Quiverfull Family Blog  
July 28, 2008 Colloquium  
July 21, 2008 On the Horizon  
July 14, 2008 Colloquium  
July 7, 2008 All Rileyed Up Quotations Edition
June 30, 2008 Mixed Metaphor.net Celebrate America Edition
June 23, 2008 Colloquium Welcome, Summer! Edition
June 16, 2008 On the Horizon Father's Day Edition
June 9, 2008 The So-Called Me  
June 2, 2008 Live from Waterloo  
May 26, 2008 Colloquium Memorial Day Edition
May 19, 2008 ice cream is not for breakfast  
May 12, 2008 Colloquium Mother's Day Edition
May 4, 2008 All Rileyed Up Garage Sale Edition
April 28, 2008 Diary of 1 Tea Edition
April 21, 2008 Vanilla Joy  
April 14, 2008 On the Horizon  
April 7, 2008 My Two Boys  
March 31, 2008 Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul  
March 24, 2008 Beauty and Personal Grooming  
March 17, 2008 Colloquium St. Patrick's Day Edition
March 10, 2008 This Full House Extreme Homemaker Edition
March 3, 2008 Discussing Autism  
February 25, 2008 Colloquium Spring is Just Around the Corner Edition
February 18, 2008 Modern Sage Online  
February 11, 2008 Health Plans Plus  
February 4, 2008 A Child Chosen  
January 28, 2008 Confessions of a Novice  
January 21, 2008 Diary of 1  
January 14, 2008    
January 7, 2008 Pajama Mommy Community  
December 31, 2007 Mixed Metaphor.net New Year's Edition
December 24, 2007 Colloquium Christmas Edition
December 17, 2007 Adventures in Juggling  
December 10, 2007 the so called me  
December 3, 2007 imaginif  
November 26, 2007 On the Horizon  
November 19, 2007 An Island Life  
November 12, 2007 All Rileyed Up  

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