School’s out! Now what?

In many districts across California, school’s out and summer has begun. For some kids, this means a lot of free time, and we thought we’d highlight a few related data points — from a parent’s perspective.

According to our foundation’s 2010 survey of parents across the state, about half of California children have the right amount of free time, and about 15% do not have “quite enough” or “nearly enough” free time (findings are for children in general, not specific to summer).  The same survey found that 18% of children do not have enough family time, according to their parents.

Also among the results of this survey, about 16% of California children have parents who say they do not have affordable arrangements for child care. And parents say more than half of children (59%) regularly participate in extracurricular activities or after-school programs.

We welcome your comments on these findings.

Tags: Child Health Issues

Posted by kidsdata.org

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