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The data showed that 3.5 per cent of parents did not get any of their preferences for secondary school, while 3.1 per cent missed out on all their choices of primary school.

Futhermore, the data revealed that 89 per cent of parents do not communicate with teachers regarding their child's use of the internet away from home.

Not exact matches

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When young adults do ask parents for their two cents on saving, they often do so with a heavy dose of skepticism, says Lisa Szykman, associate professor at William & Mary School of Business, who has run focus - group research exploring young adults» personal finance behavior.

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TORONTO, January 27, 2015 - While a majority (72 per cent) of younger Canadians aged 18 to 34 say they owe it to their parents to keep them comfortable in retirement, a higher majority (76 per cent) of their parents» Boomer generation (aged 50 - 69) doesn't want this «IOU», according to the 2015 RBC Financial Independence in Retirement Poll.

The study of 2,000 adults revealed one in 20 couldn't name Mary and Joseph as Jesus» parents while 16 per cent didn't know Jesus» occupation was a carpenter and thought he was jobless.

Back in 2015, a survey commissioned by ITV revealed that 12 per cent of parents of primary school aged children admitted to having pretended to practice a faith in which they did not believe to get their child into a desirable faith school.

«With around 40 per cent of the fathers, if you asked them, «why do you think your parents behaved the way they did?»

Personally, it is heart - warming when a parent runs up to you and says «thank you» for putting money in herpurse, because she did not have to pay Gh cents 2,000.00 for her two children in SHS; or whenan excited teacher traineeshows you the text message notification of her allowance received.

Unvaccinated girls from black backgrounds were most likely — 20 per cent of those surveyed — to say their parents did not allow them to have the vaccination but without providing further explanation.

There is a study showing that 77 per cent of parents with overweight children didn't recognise they were overweight.

Furthermore, 49 per cent of parents agree that they would like their child's school to do more in teaching them how to behave in public, which increases to 74 per cent for Indian and other Asian parents.»

«Sixty nine per cent of all parents believe schools should do more to teach their child about social skills.

Even more troubling is that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self ‑ consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.

• Nine out of ten parents think they have a better appreciation of nature and the environment than their child as a result, which is supported by the finding that 13 per cent of kids do not understand the process of growing.

Students whose parents reported «spending time just talking to my child», «eating the main meal with my child around a table» or «discussing how well my child is doing at school» daily or nearly every day were between 22 per cent and 39 per cent more likely to report high levels of life satisfaction.

Forty - five per cent of respondents said their school does not have a policy in place to deal with parental contact out - of - hours, meaning that many are expected to respond to emails and texts from parents during evenings and weekends.

A separate survey of 1,003 parents across Britain also showed that 92 per cent of respondents think schools have a duty to support the wellbeing and mental health of students, while more than half said they want more information about what their child's school is doing to promote this.

Furthermore, 49 per cent of parents agree they would like their child's school to do more about teaching them how to behave in public, which increases to 74 per cent among Indian and other Asian parents.

Around 70 per cent of parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the new numerical GCSE grading system.

According to the ASG Parents Report Card, 69 per cent of parents believe schools should do more to teach their child about social Parents Report Card, 69 per cent of parents believe schools should do more to teach their child about social parents believe schools should do more to teach their child about social skills.

While parents do not have to issue a reason for withdrawing their child from school, 13.4 per cent of those that did provide one cited philosophy or lifestyle behind wanting a home education for their child.

Fifty four per cent of all parents would like teachers to do more to protect their child from cyber predators, and this percentage increases for parents with children in early learning and primary school.

According to TES, Ofqual research showed that more than two - thirds of pupils and parents did not understand the new grading style and 84 per cent of human resources professionals were unsure that grade 1 will be worth.

It also revealed that 61 per cent of teachers felt that parents needed to be more involved in this part of their children's education and 21 per cent of teachers felt that parents do not take enough responsibility for the RSE aspect of their child's development.

Reporting the findings of an annual survey of Australian parents, grandparents and guardians, Monash University academics Associate Professor Shane Phillipson and Associate Professor Sivanes Phillipson say 84 per cent think their child's teacher is highly educated but a smaller number don't agree.

Santander also found that the sacrifices these parents make go beyond financial, with 17 per cent having changed jobs as a result of the move, 20 per cent saying they were forced to downsize and 15 per cent saying they moved to an area they did not like.

However, around 70 per cent of more than 400 parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the system.

The report adds that although 96 per cent of parents are confident their child can ask an adult for help, almost one fifth don't believe they have friends they can call on.

In fact a previous LACA / ParentPay survey revealed that 4.9 per cent of those entitled to a free meal do not take up their entitlement, possibly due to parents not wanting their children to face potential embarrassment and discrimination.

There was acknowledgement from schools that they could be doing a lot more to help parents with homework, particularly among secondaries, 30per cent of whom «never or rarely» provide assistance.

The Key's survey revealed that 45 per cent of primary leaders have had the difficult task of responding to upset parents whose children did not get their first choice placement at the school.

On average, 25 per cent of parents around the world said they helped their child for seven hours or more, but almost the same proportion (23 per cent) said they didn't help at all.

Meanwhile 68.9 per cent of responses raised the issue of what should be done about providing advice and guidance to pupils and parents about their options at key stage four and in post-16 education.

More than half of parents (63 per cent) who were asked to give money said they did not know, or were «unsure», how the contribution was spent.

The poll did find that 76 per cent of parents saving for their child's post-secondary education had set up an RESP account, but many of them lacked basic knowledge about how RESPs actually work.

Out of those surveyed, 29 per cent have stated that they think their driving is of a higher quality as they don't exhibit the bad habits that their parents and grandparents do when driving.

Yet 60 per cent of parents said they «never» monitored their child's social media accounts and didn't know the passwords.

Research by Huggies of 2000 parents, with older children, found that 63 per cent wish they had done more activities with their child when they were young.

However, the situation for couple families and lone parents is very different, with just one fifth (20 %) of lone parents being in stable employment (compared with 75 % of couple families) and 14 % of lone parents experiencing a job loss from which their work intensity did not «recover» during the period (compared with six per cent of couple families) 14.