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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New Moms Seek Baby Advice From Internet, Not Family]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/10/02/new-moms-seek-baby-advice-from-internet-not-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/10/02/new-moms-seek-baby-advice-from-internet-not-family/</guid><description><![CDATA[I work for an international organization whose goal is to strengthen families and marriage. One of our main focuses is in providing helpful online articles for all phases of the family cycle. With two million pageviews a year on these articles, I'm not at all surprised that 8 in 10 new mothers look online for the answers to their parenting questions. I see three key reasons.<br><br>First, the amount of information available on the Internet is virtually boundless. A plethora of experts at a beckon call.<br><br>Second, our mobile society has often removed grandparents from the picture. Families move away, and getting parental advice is no longer as easy as walking next door.<br><br>Third, the baby boomer generation bought into a lot of destructive advice regarding parenting and divorce, and children were the ones who suffered most. That generation of children is having families of their own, and for many of them, parents are the last people they'll seek for advice on how to do family right.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott W]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 3rd 2007 9:48AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
