Parenting Network

Serving young Chinese families, offering comprehensive parenting knowledge and solutions for every stage from trying to conceive to age 6.

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When I first got pregnant with my second child, I was always scrolling my phone in the early hours looking for reliable parenting information — one moment worrying I had started taking folic acid too late, the next agonising over whether to sign my eldest up for early education. I just couldn’t find practical content that followed a timeline, until a friend sent me a link — Parenting Network.

Always hitting pitfalls when looking for parenting info? Is there a hassle-free platform?

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Parenting Network, launched back in 2006, is a platform many young parents have used. Only when I clicked in did I realise it isn’t a scattered pile of knowledge but a service that follows your child’s growth stages. From trying to conceive and pregnancy right through to age 6, it now even covers the needs of families with children up to 12. Simply put, it helps you sort out all the parenting challenges from planning for a baby to your child starting secondary school.

What I needed most back then were practical pregnancy reminders; later, when looking for early-education information for my eldest, and now feeding guides for my second, I could always find the matching content on the site. It doesn’t just talk theory — it combines online and offline resources, so you’re never left puzzling over dry, lifeless knowledge.

Can this platform cover the core needs of everyday parenting?

I later went through its content carefully and found that the core services are all things parents encounter in daily life. From preparations before conception and things to note at each stage of pregnancy, to post-birth care, feeding and common-illness care for children aged 0 to 6, and early-education knowledge — all the everyday essentials are laid out clearly, so you don’t have to hunt around.

Beyond these basic parenting contents, it has expanded into many practical services. Whether you’re looking for an early-education centre, want to swap experiences with other parents, or even need smart hardware and e-commerce support, you can find it all there. There is also a dedicated mobile app — I used its pregnancy reminder app, which pushed daily notifications of what to watch out for that day, never missing a single prenatal check-up reminder. It saved me a lot of trouble.

Besides parenting, can it help with other family matters?

I used to think Parenting Network only dealt with children’s matters, but later I found its services had long extended to the whole family. For example, after my eldest started primary school, I wanted to take the whole family on weekend trips — the site has parent-child weekend content, and you can find suitable routes and activities. The family’s health and entertainment needs, and even things like finance and insurance, all have corresponding content on the platform.

It integrates all this content not as scattered piling but as a service system built for young Chinese families. Now with two kids, when I’m sometimes too busy and forget to enrol my eldest in interest classes, or lose track of my second child’s vaccination dates, the reminders and experience sharing in the community always help me solve many practical problems — no need to hunt for information across separate platforms.

Only after using it — does Parenting Network really fit actual needs?

I’ve used it for nearly two years, and my most direct impression is that there’s no flashiness — everything starts from parents’ real needs. For example, when I was torn over postpartum recovery, the site not only offered professional knowledge but also offline partner resources, connecting me directly with reputable institutions so I didn’t have to spend time screening them myself.

Its business matrix is quite down-to-earth too — from the online community and new media to offline early-education centres and smart hardware, plus cross-border services, all built around the real needs of family parenting. For instance, I’ve bought parenting products recommended on the site, all vetted by other parents, so there’s no fear of falling into pitfalls — it saves plenty of time and energy.

• All-stage parenting knowledge support: covering encyclopaedias for trying to conceive, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, as well as feeding for children aged 0-6, common-illness care, early-education knowledge and more, helping parents solve all kinds of parenting problems;

Of course, it isn’t perfect — some content isn’t updated particularly quickly, for example — but overall it satisfies most of my needs from trying to conceive to raising two children. Now I recommend this platform to every expectant mum friend around me, so they don’t waste time randomly searching for information online like I did at the start.