The most common discipline strategies parents use are explaining or reasoning, taking away a privilege, and time outs or grounding. 1 in 5 parents report spanking their children nationally, with higher rates in some regions.
Parents use booster seats for almost all kids 4-5 years old, but for only about one-half of kids 7-8 years old. One-half of parents with kids 4-8 years old don’t know their state law regarding booster seat use.
About one-half of parents worry that their children will get H1N1 flu; about two-thirds worry about safety of H1N1 vaccine. H1N1 vaccination is much less likely when parents worry more about vaccine safety (10%) than when parents worry more about H1N1 illness (56%).
Receipt of H1N1 vaccine closely tied to having a health care provider strongly recommend the vaccine. Only 2 in 5 parents reported that their children’s providers strongly recommended H1N1 vaccine; only 1 in 5 adults reported that their own providers strongly recommended H1N1 vaccine.
About one-third of parents give primary schools an “A” for providing support for kids with behavioral, emotional or family problems. Less than one-quarter of parents give secondary schools an “A”.
More than one-half of parents set limits on the time that children can use cell phones. Only one-third of parents block images on their children's cell phones.
For girls, parents’ leading Internet concerns are online sexual predators and loss of privacy. For boys, parents’ leading Internet concerns are viewing pornographic material and loss of privacy. Black parents are generally more concerned than white or Hispanic parents with Internet safety issues for children.
87% of adults support mandatory H1N1 vaccination for health care workers in the event of an H1N1 outbreak. Only 38% of health care workers plan to get the H1N1 vaccine.
Only 40% of parents plan to have their children get the H1N1 flu vaccine—much fewer than those who plan to have children get the seasonal flu vaccine. Hispanic parents are more likely than white or black parents to plan to have their children get the H1N1 flu vaccine.
Only 1 in 3 parents give secondary schools an “A” for providing a safe place for students overall; in contrast, 3 in 5 parents give primary schools an “A”. Only 1 in 4 parents give secondary schools an “A” for prevention of bullying and school violence; just 2 in 5 parents give primary schools an “A”.
