Families offer a slice of their life

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 28 August 2008

Over a third of parents spend at least an hour a day shouting and half of families admit to arguing every day, according to new research by Channel 4.

The television channel commissioned a survey of 1,000 adults and 500 teenagers for an observational documentary series, 'The Family', which aims to present a portrait of modern British family life. The survey found that 39 per cent of parents think they are doing a better job of raising their children than their parents did, while 35 per cent said they would log on to their child's social networking profile to check up on them. Sixty per...

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