According to the poll of 4-thousand American and Canadian parents and grandparents of children ages seven and younger:
- About a third (34%) of parents feel their parents’ advice is dated, while 71% admit that they have different ideas than their parent about how to raise their child.
- The majority of parents feel their parents’ words are valuable, with 83% saying they’ve learned a lot about raising kids from them.
- Nearly three-quarters (73%) say they’ve found a happy medium of following their parent’s advice and still raising their kids the way they want to.
- Grandparents in the survey say they wish they had some of the resources that are available now when they were raising their kids, like a hybrid work schedule (39%), more after-school activities for kids (34%) and access to online resources like telehealth (34%).
- Grandparents say they’re most involved with babysitting (54%), playtime (52%) and shopping for grandchildren’s clothes (39%).
- The average parent calls their own parent twice a week for advice and one in eight call most days of the week.
- Grandparents spend an average of two days a week with their grandchild, and 83% of those who don’t see them every day wish they could visit more often.
- Despite any disagreements over child-raising, three-quarters of parents believe their parents have their grandchild’s best interest at heart.
- And 69% of all respondents agree there’s no one right way to raise kids.
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