On the eve of Father’s Day here, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
Yesterday, the Children’s Welfare League posted its research results of “the 2015 Father-Children Interaction”, the three warning signs of interaction between fathers and children are “not talking enough, going home late, rarely seen”, there were fifty-four percent of children who had little to no time to talk to their fathers for thirty minutes, and there were a-quarter of children who’d not shared their suppers with their fathers there for three days a week.
But, the current fathers, although, couldn’t get away from the stereotypes of working hard, there are still seventy-five percent of the children said that their fathers are willing to “support, affirm and acknowledge them”, thirty-three percent said that “with him around, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything”; which clearly showed, that fathers are still “Superheroes” in their kids’ minds.
This survey set for fifth to eight grade students was administered from May 11th to June 15th, there were 1,395 valid samples, and with very precise accuracy.
The CEO of the Child Welfare Organization, Chen stated that the father and children lived underneath the same roof, but had almost NO time to interact. And, not having enough time together, the quality of interaction the fathers shared with their young is also very low. When the kids were asked about what they’d done most with their fathers, over sixty percent said it was sharing meals and watching television, there were nearly twenty-two percent who said they’d played with high-tech gadgets with their fathers.
Chen said, that fathers are stereotyped as silent, not showing emotions. Over fifty percent of children said, that the time their fathers took to hold conversations with them daily is less than thirty minutes a day, and, there were 6.4 percent of children who’d told, that even if their fathers are at home, they’d not shared a word of interactions with them at all. On top of that, forty-two percent of children said, that their fathers don’t know who their best friends are.
Chen said, even if there are little time shared between the father and children, but when the kids fell ill, all the fathers can immediately take up the role of a full-time caretaker to their young, to show how much they loved their young. And, the survey showed, that more than fifty percent of children said, that when they’re sick, their fathers would take time from work to look after them, but, there are over fifty percent of fathers who couldn’t make it to their kids’ school functions because of work, and sixty-six percent of children hoped that their fathers could be there.
The study also showed, that in the children’s minds, the three behaviors that make fathers fitting are: taking me out to places more, smoke less, talk to me more.
The Child Welfare League said, that the “333 Act of Better Fathers” to help breaking the ice between the children and parents, fathers need to sit down and talk to their children for thirty minutes every single day, share three suppers at home with the children per week, and, go to three school functions which the children take part in three times a year.
And so, this, is how it goes, for you, modern day fathers, and, work, is still JUST your excuses, and not having enough money is too, there will always BE not enough money, but, if you’re willing to take the time, to spend with your young, then, they may not not remember you as they think back, later on in their lives.
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