14 DAY TRIAL // I don't know how it feels like to be a young mother or a mother of any kind, but I bet that if I had been born a girl, I would have been the worst mother ever. Not because I wouldn't have taken care of my kid or never listen to what he/she would say, but because I would spoil the damn brat with anything he would've wanted, thanks to the "I want you to have this/learn this because I never had the opportunity when I was a child" mentality that was "bestowed" upon me.
And I know I would have been the type of mother that would have gone online for shopping and advice. I would have fitted well with the trend on the rise of searching online support on parenting issues. Veronique De Freitas of Webuser.com says that "According to baby medicine company Tixylix, visits to websites offering advice on motherhood are on the rise, because mothers can obtain support in a non-judgemental environment. The research found that only two per cent of mothers feel judged by their online peers, compared to 25 per cent who feel judged by other mums at the school gate."
2 percent compared to 25 percent is a big jump and it would be enough of a reason for others to follow in the footsteps of those already going online, but the conducted research shows that there actually is a huge difference in percentages between the olden days mothers and those up-to-date with everything (what a shocker!). The poll compared parenting attitudes between 1000 mothers from two different generations - modern day and 1970s.
Parenting expert Dr Jenny Leonard said: "The findings reflect a growing trend for modern mums to seek advice and support from a wider range of sources than ever before."