Friday, July 17, 2015

Parents use Social Media to Help with Parenting

A recent Pew Research Study of a large sample of parents of children under the age of 18 reveals that most parents use social media in various ways to help with their parenting. 83% of mothers say that they receive useful information at least to some extent. Fathers a little less. They also respond to good and bad news from other parents, and receive actual support for their parenting needs, with 45% of mothers strongly agreeing that they receive support and another 35% somewhat agreeing.

The most commonly used social media is Facebook, with Instragram coming second. LinkedIn and Twitter come last, but still are used by quite a number of parents.

For more details on this research, check out the Pew Website.

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