J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2020 Oct;24(4):234-243. 10.21896/jksmch.2020.24.4.234.

Content Analysis of Mothers’ Questions Related to Parenting Young Children in Internet Parenting Community

• Yu JO
• June KJ
• Park SH
• Woo MS

• KMID: 2508667
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2020.24.4.234

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to investigate mothers’ questions related to parenting young children in the internet community.
Methods
One representative in the internet community was selected and parenting questions were collected over 2 weeks in October 2019. A total of 15,016 questions were analyzed by frequency and proportion after categorizing of 10 themes; health and daily care, connecting and communicating, play and learning, development and growth, poos and wees, sleep, feeding, solid foods, safety, behavior.
Results
The most frequently asked questions per age ranged from 1 to 3 months (32.2%). The most frequently asked questions by theme per age were about feeding newborn up to 6 months, solid foods from 7 to 12 months, health and daily care from 13 to 24 months, and play and learning from 25 to 71 months.
Conclusion
As these results reflect mother’s need for information and support, it is suggested that more specific and targeted online/offline support per age should be developed.

Keyword

Mothers; Child; Parenting; Online social networking; Access to information

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