Mothers Use Social Media Networks Differently From Fathers

The social media is the new rage for communication, but mothers use it differently from fathers, reveals a new Pew Research Center on the social media habits of parents, according to fatherly.

The study surveyed more than 2,000 parents who had kids under 18 years in September, 2014. It explored what they used as platforms to how many "real" friends they had on Facebook.

Mothers tend to use Instagram and Pininterest more than fathers. This is in sync with the "broader gender-specific trends in social media", with fathers "outpacing mothers" only on LinkedIn.

While mothers say that they use social media more often for its utility value, just 22 percent of fathers "strongly agree" that they get solid parenting advice from the social media. In July, though, 28 percent of fathers seem to have got it, and said "yes".

Experts say that mothers tend to interact more with Facebook networks than the "hardly ever" fathers, especially with those that they "kinda, sorta regret friending but are too lazy to unfriend".

Mothers have been seen to be a little more social and more involved with people they are linked with, giving as well as taking information from such people.