Tuesday, 16 February 2010

  • Parenting Via Blogs and Facebook...



    JadedKitteh submitted an interesting post called Parenting via Facebook, about how moms use Facebook to help each other when their kids are sick.

    "Besides sharing symptoms and diagnosis on Facebook, parents offer each other lots of condolences and support. Lots of “hang in theres” and with the throw-up virus, lots of “that’s disgusting” or “poor (fill-in name of parent here.)” It’s like a large 3-way call with your buddies when you’re covered in puke or diarrhea.

    Facebook isn’t just useful for diagnosing illness and getting cyber-pats-on-the-back for dealing with them, it’s also great for baby advice."

    Parents asking for and giving advice on a myriad of symptoms, illnesses, behavior troubles, concerns, etc. is a wonderful way blogs and social networking websites bring parents together and create a network of support.

    At Momaroo, we're always so touched by the time our readers take to offer their help and share their experience on advice posts.  Posts like yesterday's "First Time Mom at Her Wits' End!" are full of concerned moms trying to help each other out. We love when readers submit advice posts and when readers take the time to answer.

    We want to continue promoting community and help our readers with the parenting concerns they come across. So thanks to the readers that submit advice posts and the readers that take the time to help!

    What about you? Do you ever post updates on your blog or Facebook about parenting dilemmas or your child's illness? Do you weigh in with parenting advice for those who ask?

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