Parents Have 2,184 Arguments With Their Children Each Year?
“To all you kids across the land, there’s no need to argue — parents just don’t understand.” DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince try and tell it like it in their famous 1988 hit, “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” but for moms and dads near and far, it seems that kids always want to spar. One recent survey shows that parents and young children find themselves mired in arguments numerous times a day, and perhaps more than they realize.
According to the survey of 2,000 British adults with kids between the ages of 2 and 12, parents have an average of 2,184 arguments with their children every year. Broken down, that translates to 182 spats per month, 42 per week, or 6 each day.
The survey also indicated that the average parent-child fight lasts about eight minutes — which means moms and dads are using nearly 50 minutes of their day for bickering....