• 8 out
of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out
of 10 women (80 %) and more
than 6 out
of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out
of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more
than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out
of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out
of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero
tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their
parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out
of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out
of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.
Rather
than focus on poverty, language barriers, unmet special education needs and inadequate funding
of public schools, the charter school proponents and Malloy apologists want students,
parents, teachers and the public to believe that a pre-occupation with standardized testing, a focus on math and English, «zero -
tolerance» disciplinary policies for students and undermining the teaching profession will force students to «succeed» while solving society's problems.
Along with exposing children to non-marital sexual relationships, nowhere is the generational and cultural gap between South Carolina
parents and the typical family court judge greater
than it is with
tolerance, even acceptance,
of marijuana use.