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MONTHLY NEWS May 1998 Kids Consider Dads "Hardworking," Moms "Gentle" |
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A poll of fourth to ninth graders in Japan showed that a majority of kids regard their fathers as being "hardworking" and their mothers as "kind." More than half also said that mom usually tells them to study harder, and a large number said that dad encourages them to be more self-reliant.
The poll was conducted on 650 students, 235 of whom were elementary school pupils, by an educational think tank. When kids were asked to describe their parents, mothers were thought of as kind but also as pestering them about things, especially schoolwork; fathers, meanwhile, were regarded as hardworking but a bit slovenly and stubborn, too. Asked what they're most frequently told by their mothers, 57.9 percent of the elementary school students said "Do your homework." On the same question about their fathers, the highest percentage (31.5 percent) replied "Do things on your own without asking other people for help." Among the things that their parents decide for them, "amount of allowance" was the top answer for elementary school kids, followed by "what time they have to come home" and "what time they have to go to bed." The poll revealed that even though parents made the kids do schoolwork, they didn't seem to say much about other things, and fathers appeared not to be actively involved in raising the kids.
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