Mothers, parents with lower incomes more likely than fathers and those with higher incomes to have trouble helping their children with tech for online learning

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2. Parents, their children and school during the pandemic

Mothers, parents with lower incomes more likely than fathers and those with higher incomes to have trouble helping their children with tech for online learning

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2. Parents, their children and school during the pandemic
Majority of parents whose children have learned online during the pandemic say their online instruction has gone well
Parents with lower incomes more likely than parents with higher incomes to say their children have faced tech-related schoolwork challenges in the pandemic
Roughly half of adults say schools have responsibility to provide technology to all students during pandemic
Roughly seven-in-ten parents say their children are spending more time in front of screens than they did before pandemic began and 39% of parents say they have become less strict about their rules to control their children’s screen time
Majority of parents whose children have learned online during the pandemic say their online instruction has gone well

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