Social media and performative parenting

• Main Authors: LIM, Sun Sun, WANG, Yang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Mobile communication; Home-school conferencing apps; Self-presentation; Peer pressure; Parent-school connections; Parent-child relations; Child Psychology; Family, Life Course, and Society; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/161; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1160/viewcontent/9781800377059_9_pvoa_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

With the intensifying use of social media in many realms of everyday life, even parenting is manifesting a public dimension. Whereas one might regard parenting as a private activity undertaken within the home, the use of social media to highlight the joys and trials of child-rearing has put parentin...