Coming to a close of my project, I came to realize that a specific study could have a lot of different studies within it. But when focusing on one specific topic in a giant study could lead you to answers you may have known but couldn’t measure.  I wasn’t able to measure my studies, but from other studies that were able to measure how many moms and how many dads were on Facebook I was able to make the generalization that my question could be supported and answered. Mom’s are typically more involved on social media, especially Facebook which would prove that they would be more involved on the digital platform’s Facebook page because they are generally on their more often. Then from the Facebook page, the mothers would have the idea to go to the main page of the digital platform. Hence why when searching for moms and mothers compared to dads and fathers, the female results were much higher than the males. There are multiple ways to get to the digital platforms page from the Facebook page.

However during my research I was limited to the statistics that were already provided through other studies. I wasn’t able to complete the research on my own, which would have made my study more reliable.

I didn’t want to make the general stereotype that mom’s are on Facebook more because they have more spare time. I do wonder if I were going into the study further I would be able to find a reason as to why moms are on Facebook more often. For now I have the data, findings and answer to my question that I needed to complete this project. 

If I were to continue the research I would want the ability to measure Facebook Statistics and also the ability to measure the differences between men and women who are on Facebook. I would want the ability to get statistics about the working parent compared to the parent who is the stay-at-home-parent caring for their child. Would those parents be on social media sites more than parents who were working full time. I would also want to look into the actual differences, like instead of saying why were moms more dominant in the Facebook page, why weren't dads involved in the Facebook page more? Switching the question around could give me different results as well. These studies could be furthered, but would require a lot more studies and statistics.

As this project comes to its final stages, there were approaches I would have done differently looking back now. However I am glad I went through the project with my starting question, because from that I was able to make adjustments and alterations based on my original question, sticking to the same platform and finding a topic that was studied and could use more studies. It was an interesting question to answer. It had to be a topic that interested us and even though I am no longer in the Education world trying to be a teacher, the topics about teachers and parents and students still really interest me. The topics constantly are changing and the questions are being answered because the topics are something people want to study and need to know answers to. Just like in school we have to answer questions-  just like adults need to involving social media sites, children, and topics that take over there daily lives.