BalanceMayIssue2017 - 27
MO D E RN FA M ILIES
The
PARENTING
inde�
Raising a family comes in all kinds of guises, with one thing, hopefully, in common: love
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£1,902
...IS THE AV ERAGE
AMO UNT PARENT S
SAVE A YEAR
IN CHIL D CARE
F EE S, TH ANK S T O
G RAN DPARENT S
LO O K ING
AF TER THEIR
G RAN D CHILDREN
F O R N IN E HOU RS
P ER W EEK .
Working
dads
across the UK
spend more time
with their children
than working
mums do. Around
41% of men spend
at least three hours
each evening
with their kids
compared with
30% of women.
OF THE
Dallas born,
Muriel Banks
Clayton was the
oldest adoptive
parent at
92 years &
322 days
when she
officially adopted
Mary Banks
Smith, 76, in
June 2015.
9.6%
of children
adopted in
England in the
year ending
31 March 2016
were adopted
by same-sex
couples.
1 IN 7
ONE IN SEVEN
COUPLES IN
THE UK HAS
TROUBLE
CONCEIVING
NATURALLY.
Of the 75 MILLION
millennials in the world, 25 million
don't have a desire to have children.
While 69% believe there is no
longer a social stigma associated
with not wanting to be parents.
million
LON E PAREN T
FAMILIE S IN THE UK ,
86% ARE H E AD ED BY
A FE MALE AN D THE
RE MAIN IN G 14%
BY A MAL E .
REPARENTING
involves a therapist taking
the role of a surrogate
parent in order to help
a patient connect with
the needs of their inner
child, and heal any
psychological disturbances
from childhood.
CULTURAL PARENTING
51,850
of under-18s were living
with foster families on 31
March 2016 in England.
In Greece, it is
Japanese children
custom to spit
often sleep in
at a baby three
between their
parents until they times to ward off
evil spirits, bad
are teenagers,
luck and, more
symbolising a
specifically, the
'river between
evil eye.
two banks'.
May 2017 BALANCE
style�
Traditionally,
Irish couples
save the top
tier of their
wedding
cake for their
first child's
christening.
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