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

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.