Caregiving strategies, parental practices, and the use of Facebook groups among Israeli mothers of adolescents

Facebook offers a “village” for mothers to come together and seek share parenting information, but while there has been substantial research examining both positive negative aspects of parents’ use, is no on use by adolescents its association with parent-adolescent relationships. Given the intense challenges raising dearth into potential benefits drawbacks seeking support from Facebook, we sought fill this gap focusing caregiving practices who were members mothers’ groups Facebook. The sample included 74 Israeli dyads (Mage = 43.73, SD 4.41), participated in their adolescent children 12.26, 3.11) during 2019. Mothers reported strategies. answered questionnaire. It was found that higher permissiveness greater psychological intrusiveness related mothers. Among high hyperactivation, extent than among low hyperactivation. Alongside Facebook’s as community serious risks some As area grows, an examination characteristics involved meaningful.