How Today’s Parents Say Their Approach to Parenting Does – or Doesn’t – Match Their Own Upbringing
How are U.S. parents raising their children these days, and how does their approach compare with the way their own parents raised them?
Kiley Hurst
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Kiley Hurst is a research analyst focusing on social and demographic research at Pew Research Center.
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K-12 parents differ by party in how frequently they discuss certain national issues with their children
A quarter of U.S. parents of K-12 students say racism or racial inequality comes up in conversation with their children very or fairly often.
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About a third of K-12 parents are very or extremely worried a shooting could happen at their children’s school
Mothers are more likely than fathers to be extremely or very worried about a school shooting, and concerns also vary by race and ethnicity.
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Q&A: How and why we surveyed Americans about their views on gender identity
The new survey covers topics such as whether the public thinks society is moving too quickly or not quickly enough on gender identity issues.
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U.S. teens are more likely than adults to support the Black Lives Matter movement
Seven-in-ten U.S. teens say they support the Black Lives Matter movement. By comparison, 56% of U.S. adults said this in a separate survey.
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More than half of Americans live within an hour of extended family
Most Americans value having family close by, while 55% say they live within an hour’s drive of at least some extended family members.
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Financial Issues Top the List of Reasons U.S. Adults Live in Multigenerational Homes
Nearly four-in-ten men ages 25 to 29 now live with older relatives.
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Rising share of Americans see women raising children on their own, cohabitation as bad for society
47% of U.S. adults say single women raising children on their own is generally a bad thing for society, an increase of 7 points since 2018.
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Growing share of Americans say they want more spending on police in their area
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
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