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These days, parenting tips are available from a wealth of sources and sometimes it can be tricky to know who to listen to. The team at Nurofen for Children would love to hear who you turn to for the best parenting advice and why you trust or listen to them most of all.

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A range of sources really. My mum although her views can be pretty outdated now, my sisters whose children have now grown up, friends and work colleagues with children of a similar age and of course good old Mumsnet when I'm really desperate

My mum first and foremost. She gave me some of the most wonderful parenting advice, was never pushy and always so supportive.
But ive always just listened to my heart really, and although not perfect, i find that ive done an incredible job.

It depends on the type of advice I'm after. If it's checking symptoms then I'll generally start with the NHS Choices website, then escalate to a pharmacist or GP if necessary. For ideas on a general parenting problem I'm quite likely to canvass friends either in-person or on facebook, or post on MN.

There are a lot of places I go to for advice...books, the Internet, friends with older children than me and my own parents.

I actually find that Mumsnet is one of the best places to go for advice. You get a lot of responses from a wide range of people which means that often you get a lot of potential different solutions to your issue and you can try them out as it suits you.

The best advice I ever got, which I have kept with me, was not to stress out too much about having everything perfect...use the mantra that everything's okay if "everyone's fed, no-one's dead"!

The best parenting advice has to be from my Mum, following that Google always has the answer!

My mum when she was alive, now my friends and family.

Definitely mumsnet, I got advice on breast feeding (completely different to what my HV had told me - and guess which advice worked?), on weaning, then on all stages throughout the baby/toddler years.

Now DC are older I tend to see what friends are doing, and what they do that seems to work and what doesn't.

The best advice I have had recently is from a friend who said to not stress about the primary years - so I leave DC to it without micro-managing their schoolwork and they seem to be doing just fine.

Everyone, the more opinions the better as everyone sees things a bit differently

Parents - experience and a calm voice to listen to

I usually ask my Mum and close friends. However, there have been times with my older kids that I've really needed advice for problems I didn't want to talk about to people I knew. Mumsnet has been invaluable on these occasions, for giving sensible, unbiased help.

Mum and Google! Then I make my decision:-)

My mum, she is calm and doesn't judge so gives the best advice.

Well I'm a nurse and lots of my friends are doctors and nurses so that's a useful resource, but I also like to take advice from other mums, or my mum. I use the Internet patient.co.uk is a good site for health advice and can be relied upon. Sometimes I might ask the pharmacist at the chemist or supermarket too.

I am about to become a parent and have turned to my amazing circle of mummy friends for advice. They are all doing an amazing job of juggling work and motherhood; their children are happy kids; and they do not preach, judge, or insist they know what's best. They understand that parenthood is full of challenges and triumphs, and they give incredible advice, whilst also emphasizing that every family and child is different.

I have also found my NCT group to be a great source of support, and I look forward to sharing and receiving parenting advice from the other mums in the group as our babies start to arrive over the next month.

Mumsnet
Family
Friends
Doctors

My 'mum friends' as we're all in the same boat and can give sympathetic advice to each other.

Depends but I do turn to mumsnet a lot. Also a particular friend who has had three children, has trained as a midwife and is now a therapist, also we have a similar parenting styles. Rarely my mum as she is still stuck in the 1950s.

I turn to my mum for parenting advice, always have done and I've never gone wrong! As they say, mums know everything!

Mumsnet, because youre a sensible bunch.

My Mum of course! (it does help that she used to be a Midwife and is now a Health Visitor!)

always turn to my gran for advice who has some great words of wisdom and some out of the box parenting advice.

mumsnet is great for advice but i also ask my mum. She's brought up 3 children and has a bank of knowledge when it comes to kids x

Actually, my dad ...

I think the difficult thing for new mums is the amount of unwanted and unhelpful advice, I remember getting a fair share from my mum / mother in law when I hadn't asked for any! I do remember some good advice from a health visitor when I was a few days in with my firstborn, seriously sleep deprived and anxious about coping - 'just focus on getting through today, don't worry about tomorrow that's another day'.