Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan

This paper examines the relation between the the role of the use of the Internet, online communities, and households with young children. As parentiyoung networks have changed the Internet has been drawing attention as a source for providing childcare information and for networking with other parent...

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Main Author: Mikoto Kukimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Netcom Association 2020-03-01
Series:Netcom
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/netcom/4906
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spelling doaj-14dde475d2e344358a546febcfe2c8f82020-11-25T03:14:23ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142020-03-013310.4000/netcom.4906Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in JapanMikoto KukimotoThis paper examines the relation between the the role of the use of the Internet, online communities, and households with young children. As parentiyoung networks have changed the Internet has been drawing attention as a source for providing childcare information and for networking with other parents. Since the 1990s, the deregulation of childcare services has increased the importance of immediate and abundant childcare information. The online community for households with young children has great importance in metropolitan areas in Japan.http://journals.openedition.org/netcom/4906childcare supportonline communityTokyo
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author Mikoto Kukimoto
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Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
Netcom
childcare support
online community
Tokyo
author_facet Mikoto Kukimoto
author_sort Mikoto Kukimoto
title Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
title_short Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
title_full Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
title_fullStr Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in Japan
title_sort online communities as childcare resources among households with young children in metropolitan areas in japan
publisher Netcom Association
series Netcom
issn 0987-6014
publishDate 2020-03-01
description This paper examines the relation between the the role of the use of the Internet, online communities, and households with young children. As parentiyoung networks have changed the Internet has been drawing attention as a source for providing childcare information and for networking with other parents. Since the 1990s, the deregulation of childcare services has increased the importance of immediate and abundant childcare information. The online community for households with young children has great importance in metropolitan areas in Japan.
topic childcare support
online community
Tokyo
url http://journals.openedition.org/netcom/4906
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