What Keeps Parents Up at Night?

Is it the lack of affordable healthcare, the threat of sexual predators, and little faith in the government to make effective policy changes -- among other things? A recent conference entitled Parents 2008: Putting Children on the National Agenda, attended by a group of leading pediatricians, child development experts, and child advocates, kicked off Parents magazine and Parents.com's year-long initiative to raise the profile of issues that families care about most. How do we know what those issue are? We recently polled 1,006 parents with kids under 12 to find out. Here's what parents said:

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Under Pressure

Today's fast-paced world has parents on edge. Fifty-one percent of all parents today believe they are under more pressure than their parents were. The following respondents said they were more stressed than their moms and dads:

-Dads: 45%
-Moms: 55%

-Married Parents: 48%
-Single Parents: 61%

-Working Parents: 51%
-Stay-at-Home Parents: 49%

-White: 51%
-African American: 57%
-Hispanic: 50%

-Major City: 57%
-Suburban: 48%
-Small Town: 52%
-Rural: 47%

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