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Why Harder
The broad majority who feel it is harder to raise
a child today explain most frequently that "the world today is dangerous,
a child can get hurt or killed," followed by criticism about the
media, lack of money, spoiled children, and the inability to teach
by disciplining.
Base: All Respondents (Spontaneous 450)
Harder (net) 8 Because: | Mentions 100% |
| World dangerous, can get hurt, killed (net) | 70% |
| Terrorism | 20% |
| Drugs | 17% |
| Violence/crime | 13% |
| Society/everything | 8% |
| World dangerous, can get hurt, killed (net) | 70% |
| Bad morals | 7% |
| Schools failing, no God in schools | 6% |
| Peer pressure | 6% |
| Media: TV, movies, internet tells things they should not know | 21% |
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It is becoming increasingly clear through research on the brain as well as in other areas of study, that childhood needs play. Play acts as a forward feed mechanism into courageous, creative, rigorous thinking in adulthood.
--Tina Bruce, Professor, London Metropolitan University
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