What Kids Have In Common World Wide

03/31/2003

What Kids Have In Common World Wide

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
–John Ruskin

WHAT KIDS HAVE IN COMMON WORLD WIDE

When researchers asked a representative sample of 2,400 kids in the USA, the UK, Germany, France, Japan and China to name their favorite activities, a lot of common interests were identified (as reported in Work & Family Life (January 2003 --[email protected]):

* 55% of all the children identified "being with friends" as a favorite activity;

* 90% said they watch TV at least three days a week -- it was in fact the most popular activity in all the countries except Germany, where "playing outside" was more popular;

* Shopping was reported as a favorite activity of 55% of US children, 47% of Japanese children, 46% of Chinese children, and 37% of British, French and German children;

There were some differences reported, too:

* 75% of Chinese children said that "going to school" was a favorite activity, compared with only 36% of British children;

* 42% of Chinese children do homework 7 days a week compared to 1% of the children in the US, Germany and the UK.

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