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Play with Violent Themes:
Raising Children in the 21st Century


Base: All Respondents (Spontaneous 450)
Harder (net) 8 Because:
Mentions 100%
Not enough money 17%
No child disciplining allowed 14%
Children spoiled 9%
Both parents working, no time for child 8%
Lack of parenting skills 6%
Too many distractions 2%

How's Your Neighborhood?
People do not blame the neighborhood for making it more difficult to raise children.
- Two in three (66%) think their neighborhood today is, on balance, better (37%) than or the same (29%) as the neighborhood they grew up in.

The Threat of Violence
An overwhelming majority (85%) believe that violence is more of a problem than it was when they were growing up.
- Nearly 2 in 3 say it is "much more" of a problem
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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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