Duggan, M., & Lenhart, A. (2015, July 16). Parents and Social Media. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
In this article I learned that social media is a part of everyone's way of living. It does not matter what your race, income, male or, female social media is everywhere! However, what does change about some of these demographics is the time and reliability that is given to these social medias. This article is based off of a survey given to random people of the United States. From this research, they were able to come to the conclusion that parents do in fact rely on social media or advice in almost every area of life, more specific, parenting.
According to their results, mothers seem to be more involved with keeping in touch and relying on social media for approval, support, and seeking help in parenting. Some fathers admitted to doing the same, however the numbers are substantially lower than that of mothers.
I will admit, that I myself have sought out via Facebook support and approval of parenting skills. I have literally become a "Pinterestista" these days looking for ways to get my three pre-teen boys to do chores.
Is this bad? Because I look to social media for information on parenting, does that make me a bad mom? I don't feel that way. I have a very busy life. Work, school, family, the only things that matter the most to me. Seeking out information through these resources can make my life, and anyone else for that matter, easier. So, I say to the young and old log on and be all the parent you can be.
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Nice infographic. What did you think of the program you used to create it? Why did you choose that one?
ReplyDeleteLetty, it's interesting that 82% of younger parents use Facebook and 68% are older parents. I thought maybe the numbers would be reversed since we now see younger adults using Instagram or Twitter. I was informed recently that Facebook is for older people. The data on mothers versus fathers is no big surprise, but it's interesting that they seek advice or approval. Technology is the new coffee table, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the same thing about FB, Twitter and Instagram. I guess I am old, but I prefer FB. It's easy to use and attractive. I don't like the limited characters for Twitter. Sometimes it makes a message hard to understand, so I don't get much out of it. Instagram is okay, but then I have FB and don't want to get started on another Social Media network.
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