Circle of Moms

We want Circle of Moms to be a community that moms use to make their lives easier.  After reaching out to lots of moms tofind out what they wanted from a community, we found that  two of the most common responses were:

• “I have this situation with my family and I am not sure what to do.  I want to talk to other moms who have been through it themselves.  Help!!”
• “I want to buy and use the right products for my child and there are so many choices out there.  I’m not sure what the safest and best product is to buy.  Can you help?”

Of course there are many other issues that are important to moms, and we will try to build features to address them in the future, but for now we are very focused on these two challenges.

I have this situation with my family and I am not sure what to do.  Help!!

You told us that when you have a question about parenting or family life, you value the opinions of other moms. So we created communities to let you  connect to different groups of moms depending on the situation.  Since we can’t think of every type of community you would want,  we also set it up so that you are able to create communities so that you can find other moms out there who are sharing your experiences. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to ask questions, so we placed a question box on the home page.

Not only do you want to talk to other moms, though…you want to talk to the right moms.   That is why we added the profile feature.  Profiles let you get to know other moms, where they come from, how many children they have and what other advice they have provided to moms.  This means that the replies you receive are not anonymous posts to a message board, but personal advice from other moms.  You can choose which advice to listen to and which advice to ignore.

I want to buy and use the right products for my child and there are so many choices out there.

What is cool?  What is safe?  What do you know about <insert product here>?  Does it taste good (usually about baby food)?  Where can I buy it?

These are some of the most commonly asked questions in Circle of Moms.  We want to enable you to help one another.

With the holidays approaching, these questions focus more and more on the right gifts for kids.  So we thought that a good place to start was Christmas and Chanukkah gifts.  What do moms think is the right gift?  What’s good for a toddler or for a pre-teen??    I’m thinking of getting something and I want to know what other moms have to say about it.

This is only the beginning, though.  Please let us know how we can improve this!

Our Question to You

Does Circle of Moms help you address these challenges?  What else do you want to see in the product?