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Children provide surprising view of parents' jobs
January 31, 2000 Pat Etheridge ATLANTA (CNN) -- A groundbreaking study is providing surprising insight into children's attitudes about their parents' jobs. Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute, spent years interviewing more than a thousand children in the third through the twelfth grades. The resulting long-range study, "Ask the Children," reveals a remarkably different point of view about the impact work has on families. "It's as if parents and children are looking through a picture window and seeing an entirely different landscape," Galinsky said. For instance, the children's greatest wish was not necessarily to have more time with their parents, but to have less stress in the time they do spend together. Some children expressed concern about their parents bringing stress home from work. Other findings included:
In general, the study shows that children have positive views about their working parents, and they want to talk about those views. Parents need to take time to discuss work with their children, and the conversation could make everybody feel better about their day. "By adding children's voices to this discussion, I hope we change the discussion forever,'' Galinsky said.LATEST HEALTH STORIES: China SARS numbers pass 5,000
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