Study Finds - According to a survey of 2,000 parents of children younger than six, 78% agree that the definition of a village — or their community and support system — is different today than when they were growing up. In fact, another 86% of parents say they have a different type of support system today than their own parents did.
Growing up, respondents recall spending the most time with grandmothers (60%), grandfathers (41%), aunts (51%), and uncles (41%), as well as their parents’ best friend (38%). In total, they can remember an average of eight different people being regularly involved in their lives as children, and a majority (86%) are still in some contact with their childhood village.
Today, parents rely on an average of seven different people, and fewer of them are relatives than ever before. Mothers (54%) and fathers (34%) still ranked at the top of the list, but today’s parents are more likely to lean on their friends (33%) or best friends (30%) than aunts or uncles (29%).
Still, 29% of parents find it difficult to make new friends today. Their inner circle most often includes the friends they made after having children (24%). Interestingly, parents are more likely to spend time with their childhood friends (15%) than they are with friends they made in adulthood before having children (14%), their teenage crew (9%), and even their college friends (6%). In fact, 83% say their child making a new friend results in building a friendship with their parents at least some of the time
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