On Wednesday, Barna released the results of a survey that asked 513 parents of children younger than 18 about their level of apprehension regarding their children’s spiritual development and their children’s relationships with their peers.
Administered April 23 through May 5, 2021, the survey asked parents “how concerned are you about your child/children’s spiritual development?” A plurality of respondents (73%) demonstrated that they were either “somewhat” or “very” interested in their children's spiritual development.
Contrarily, only 27% of parents said they were “not very” or “not at all” anxious about their children’s spiritual maturation. The survey broke the respondents down into three categories: practicing Christian parents, Christian parents, and non-Christian parents. It organized “Christians who have attended a worship service within the past month and strongly agree their faith is important to their life” as practicing Christians.
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A majority of practicing Christian parents (51%) conveyed feeling “very” concerned about their children’s spiritual development, followed by 33% who were “somewhat” concerned, 9% who were “not very” concerned, and 7% who were “not at all” concerned. Similarly, 80% of Christian parents were either “very” or “somewhat” concerned about their children’s spiritual development, while only 20% were either “not very” or “not at all” worried.
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Non-Christian parents were not as concerned about their children’s spiritual health among the three groups, with 27% telling pollsters that they were “very” concerned about their children’s spiritual development and an additional 31% placing themselves as “somewhat” concerned. The rest of the non-Christian parents were either “not very” (18%) or “not at all” (25%) troubled about their children’s spiritual development.
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Practicing Christians also had the highest level of concern about their children staying true to their faith among the three groups surveyed. A solid prevalence of practicing Christians (58%) claimed that they were “very” concerned about whether their children would “stay true to their spiritual faith,” while an added 28% were “somewhat” concerned. The share of practicing Christian parents portraying themselves as “not very” or “not at all” concerned was measured at 8% and 6%.
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A majority of self-identified Christian parents (43%) reported feeling “very” concerned about their children staying true to their faith, followed by 33% who were “somewhat” concerned, 16% who were “not very” concerned, and 8% who were “not at all” concerned. A plurality of non-Christian parents (32%) contended that they were “not at all” concerned about their children abandoning their faith, followed by 29% who documented themselves as “somewhat” concerned, 26% “very” concerned and 13% “not at all” concerned.
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Among U.S. parents as a whole, 38% defined themselves as “very” concerned about the potential of their children leaving the faith, while an additional 32% said they were “somewhat” concerned. The percentage of U.S. parents who were “not very” or “not at all” concerned about their children was each estimated at 15%.
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The survey asked parents about their level of concern surrounding their children’s ability to make meaningful relationships with other children as well. A percentage of U.S. parents (48%) said that they were “very” concerned about their children’s ability to form significant relationships with their peers and an additional 35% identified themselves as “somewhat” concerned. The remaining parents were either “not very” (11%) or “not at all” (5%) worried about their children’s ability to form interpersonal connections with others in their age group.
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Concerns about their children’s ability to develop relationships with their peers united all parents, regardless of their faith background.
The share of parents who felt “very concerned” about their children’s ability to make friends was measured at 50% among practicing Christians, 43% among self-identified Christians, and 54% among non-Christians. Those who were “somewhat” distressed about their children making friends included 35% of practicing Christian parents, 37% of Christian parents and 34% of non-Christian parents.
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