Working parents have an average of 30 seconds of meaningful conversation with their children due to work and lack of interest. Children feel their parents ask too many personal questions, but also don’t have enough time to talk. Parent-child communication increases for young adults, but children below the poverty line hear fewer words.
Working couples may not spend enough time talking to their children. According to a time management study by Priority Management Pittsburgh, the average amount of meaningful conversations between working parents and their children is 30 seconds. This short amount of time spent in conversation is thought to be the result of a combination of parents and children not being together as much because of work, as well as some children not wanting to participate. A Kidhealth.org survey of children ages 13 to 17 found that more than half of children feel their parents ask too many personal questions about their lives. However, XNUMX% of the children answered that they don’t have enough time to have a conversation with their parents.
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Nearly a fifth of all households with children under 13 never or rarely eat together.
Parent-child conversation increases significantly for young adults aged 21-26 and their parents: 31% talk at least once a day.
The average number of words a parent says to their child in an hour is around 1,000. However, the number is lower for those below the poverty line: By the time children are three, they have heard 30 million fewer words than the average.
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