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About a third (34%) say they reflect some, and just 9% say they do not reflect much or at all on their job as a parent. The vast majority of parents say being a parent is enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time, but substantial shares also find it tiring and stressful.
Among parents of children younger than 18, about half of mothers (51%) say they are the type of parent who tends to be overprotective, compared with 38% of fathers. On the flip side, fathers are more likely than mothers to say they tend to give too much freedom (24% vs. 16%).
Large majorities of white (72%) and Asian-American (82%) children are living with two married parents, as are 55% of Hispanic children. By contrast only 31% of black children are living with two married parents, while more than half (54%) are living in a single-parent household.
For parents of 16-18-year-olds, 72 percent say their kids are safe at school, and those parents are more likely to say their kids are safe at a friend’s house, in the neighborhood or at home. Across all age groups, the home is rated safest for children.
The U.S. Census Bureau today released estimates showing there were 10.9 million one-parent family groups with a child under the age of 18 in 2022.
From June 26 to July 17, 2023, Gallup collected responses from 6,643 parents who care for a child between the ages of 3 and 19 for the Gallup Familial and Adolescent Health Survey.
The official website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The site provides easy access to the forum's annual monitoring report, America's Children, other Forum's reports, national- and state data on children and their families collected and published by various federal statistical agencies, as well as information ...