Parenting sources: How do parents differ in their efforts to learn about parenting?

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-548

  Radey, Melissa ^a   Randolph, Karen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Internet; Parent education; Parenting; Parenting sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049113629     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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