Help needed from mums and dads

Hi,

My name is Leanne and I am a PhD student at Loughborough University. I am currently gathering data for my thesis and am interested to find out what parenting and childhood is like in 2009. I think it is crucial that we understand if and how parenting and childhood is changing so I have been working with children to find out a bit more about childhood in modern society, i.e. how they cope with issues such as ‘stranger danger’, crime and online security and if these issues have any impact on their everyday life. I am now interested to hear from parents. This website is clearly very popular and I would love to hear from you about the issues you face (or don’t face) as parents.

Do you feel that childhood and parenting has changed?
Do you think that being a child and a parent is more difficult and dangerous today than it was when you were young?
Do you think you have more or different issues to deal with than your parents did? Do you feel you worry about your children in a different way in today’s society?

As I said I would love to hear from you all so please post on this thread your thoughts, opinions and experiences.

If you have any questions about the research please feel free to contact me at : L.V.Franklin@lboro.ac.uk

Kind regards,

Leanne

Please note: All information given will be confidential and will be anonymous so any identifying details will be changed. Please note that by taking part in the discussion you are providing consent for your data to be used. The research will form part of my thesis and may be published at academic conferences, in journals or in books. If you would like to withdraw your contribution at any time please let me know and I will remove and destroy your data. Please note you must be over the age of 18 to post.

Just to mention that Leanne contacted me before posting this to ask permission, so feel free to respond if you can 🙂

I will be glad to help and will contribute my thoughts on friday when I've got a bit of time to think about my answers.

Louise x

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if you could please take some time to share your experiences with me. Your help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Leanne