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Nearly 50 million Americans are working parents, more than at any time in our history. (Foster Letter ...read more
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32% of families have a single parent, up from 14% in 69. (Foster Letter ...read more
Every year the average teen spends 900 hours in school and 1,500 watching TV; and only 39 minutes talking with his or her parents. ...read more
55% of kids between ages 5 and 17 have a TV in their bedroom. (Foster Letter ...read more
Over half (52%) of Evangelical Christian youth believe that lying is sometimes necessary. (Foster Letter 9/15/99) 36% admit they have cheated on an exam or other evaluation within the last 3 months and 15% say they have recently ...read more
Religious Expression in Schools is OK The Department of Education states in its recent document, Religious Expression in Public Schools: A Statement of Principles, “Students may express their religious beliefs about religion in the form of homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments, ...read more
Working mothers miss an average of 8.5 days of work per year due to child-care problems, fathers average 5 days. Worker absenteeism is down 7% this year from last.. ...read more
67% of adult Americans disagree that parents ought to stay together just because they have children. (Foster ...read more
90% of parents feel they do not see their children enough. (Foster Letter ...read more
Violent Music makes violent kids. While music doesn’t put the gun in the hands of the kids who attack school-mates and teachers, it does put the gun in their minds, says author and publisher, ...read more
Average $50 Half of U.S. teens do not receive a weekly allowance, but the half that do receive an average of $50 per week. (The ...read more
The demographic trends indicate the two most likely market opportunities are in products and/or services that help the elderly or cater to teens. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households provides care for an elderly relative. Families spend an average of 18 hours a week helping them and invite practical ...read more
75% of households have nobody home during the day. (Foster Letter ...read more
The Wall Street Journal carried a front page feature on home –schooled pupils and their above average academic performance. A growing number of secular universities are taking notice and actively recruiting these young people. Home-schooled students are turning in higher average SAT and ACT scores ...read more
Although 4 of 5 teens claim they are Christian, only 1 in 4 also claims to be “absolutely committed” to the Christian faith.” That is only about half the percentage found among adults. Although an impressive 70% of all teens are engaged in some church-related effort in a typical week, only about ...read more
California, Texas and New York have the most home-schooled students. ...read more
A Wired Generation: Those between ages 10 and 17 will center much of their life around the Internet. They will spend over 23 years of their lives online. They will send an average of 304,000 e-mails and just 265 hand-written love notes. 66% of all marriages will ...read more
Rug Rat Rage: Miriam Feldman wrote about some revealing research by Ron Taffel and Jan Drucker in a recent issue of the Utne Reader. Taffel interviewed a diverse group of 150 5, 6 and 7 year olds and found disturbing levels of anger. Not lethal rage, but rather “casual explo-sive.” Violent media ...read more
The home school market has expanded 30% a year for each of the past 5 years. (Foster letter ...read more
Goodness Redefined Joan Brumberg, in her book The Body Project: An Intimate History of African Girls, observes that the teenage girl’s definition of “goodness” has altered radically over the last century. In the 1890’s girls saw goodness largely in terms of moral and emotional ...read more
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