One kid reported that a parent had been a young, white freedom rider for SNCC.
Another kid reported that a neighbor had protested for civil rights with King in Chicago, where some of the most brutal attacks on protesters occurred.
A 1997 Gallup survey reported that 9 out of 10 kids report being very close to their parents.
Yet only 3 in 10 kids report learning a lot about the dangers of drugs at home.
Services that help kids report their location, perhaps by "checking in" as they move around, calm anxious grown-ups with less annoyance for the young.
When both parents are present in the household, the Census Bureau assumes for the purposes of its "Who's Minding the Kids?" report, that the mother is the "designated parent".
For examples, schools have done internal surveys and then put up posters saying things like "90 percent of students here don't deliberately exclude other students," and seen the rate of bullying that kids report drop further.
In "The Census Bureau Counts Fathers as 'Child Care , KJ Dell'antonia writes: When both parents are present in the household, the Census Bureau assumes for the purposes of its "Who's Minding the Kids?" report that the mother is the "designated parent".
"When the parents call and have a lot of communication around 'what are you doing?' or 'who are you with?' or when they're angry at the child and upset or scared, the kids report more conflict in the family," he said.
The Connected Kids report, compiled by market researcher Childwise, has collated data from 1995 to the present day to create a comprehensive picture of children's media habits.
Kids report they can get drugs relatively easily, and too many of us have suffered the heartbreak of addiction affecting a loved one or ourselves.
