ParentCircle

Arkonac, Sinan E.; Frazer, J. D.; Horgan, Ryan John; Kracewicz, Anna; Al-Naimi, Latefa

doi:10.1145/3027063.3049271

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“…Considerations have included: how the everyday burdens parents face should influence the design of an infant monitoring system [20]; how breast pumps can be better designed to fit into mothers' lives [14]; and how the design of a breastfeeding support system is greatly improved by deliberately engaging with the felt life of breastfeeding mothers [7,38]. Additionally, social-sharing interventions for parents have appeared within HCI scholarship, including a device for helping parents manage their online presence [42], a system that helps mothers share the physical experience of their pregnancy [21], and a social network for helping single parents connect in person to other parents in their area [5]. Similar applications to the latter design have recently appeared in smartphone app stores, including e.g., Peanut [33] and Mush [30].…”

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Supporting the Complex Social Lives of New Parents

Toombs¹,

Morrissey

Simpson

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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One of the many challenges of becoming a parent is the shift in one's social life. As HCI researchers have begun to investigate the intersection of sociotechnical system design and parenthood, they have also sought to understand how parents' social lives can be best supported. We build on these strands of research through a qualitative study with new parents regarding the role of digital technologies in their social lives as they transition to parenthood. We demonstrate how sociotechnical systems are entangled in the ways new parents manage their relationships, build (or resist building) new friendships and ad hoc support systems, and navigate the vulnerabilities of parenthood. We discuss how systems designed for new parents can better support the vulnerabilities they internalize, the diverse friendships they desire, and the logistical challenges they experience. We conclude with recommendations for future design and research in this area.

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