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National Family Week 31st May - 6th June

Published: 2nd May 2010 08:54

 National Family Week is the UK's biggest annual celebration of family life aiming to highlight the importance of quality time together and promote the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle. There are local and national events, activities, competitions, promotions and other great ways to help families spend more quality time together. Visit http://www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/ for further details.

Family time together

National Family Week commissioned a survey of 3,000 parents and 1,000 children on a range of family issues and perceptions of family life today. Here are some examples of the results so far:

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  Families spend on average 49 minutes a day together, barely enough to share a meal
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  The main barrier to spending time together is money followed by time and lack of fun things to do
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  Over a third of children wish they could spend more time with their dad, above friends, siblings, Mum, grandparents, extended family and an option to include both
  parents
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  73% of kids think all children need a mother and a father in their life while half parents surveyed agree that parents need both under the same roof
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  Only 16% of parents list engaging in physical activity in their top three best examples of spending quality time together making it less popular than watching
  television.
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  52% of parents think marriage is still relevant in modern day society, as do 55% of
  kids.
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  Family is the number one priority for parents (76%) and for kids (60%) above money, friends, popularity, health, religion, etc.

To find out what events are taking place in your local area visit www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/events  

 

 

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