Moms Who Were Extremely Online in 1993

This week she talks with a group of moms who met online in the early days of the internet. They were initially all part of the same parenting discussion board on Usenet, and when a couple dozen moms  discovered they were pregnant and due around the same time, they formed a private email list called “rKids” to support one another as their kids were born and grew up. In this interview, eight of the members of rKids discuss what it was like to make friends on the internet before most people had ever used the internet, and how they supported one another through parenting wins and challenges—including the dreaded college-admissions process.

Source: www.theatlantic.com