'My mum's thirty years out of date' the role of the Internet in the transition to motherhood

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-369

  O'Connor, Henrietta ^a   Madge, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Mothers; Online community; Parenting; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344447986     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000295754     Document Type: Review

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