Even without practical parent experience, your opinion and wisdom is still valuable, and learning from others is a great way to get new perspective on things, when we cant always see the wood for the trees!
Here's an idea, next time any of you surf web sites that ask you for an email address, paste in this person's address. Best one's are for insurance, small claims, phone and (my favorite and reserve for only the mose prolific spammers) ring tone venders.