Results: Does it really take a village to raise a child?
1.
1.
A well known quote states, "It takes a village to raise a child". Do you think a child's likelihood of success increases when they have more significant people in their lives?
Yes
45%
•
761 votes
No
14%
•
230 votes
Depends on the people involved
34%
•
577 votes
Undecided
6%
•
108 votes
2.
2.
Do you think children with few relatives or family friends are hampered by the reduced adult social interaction?
Yes
37%
•
617 votes
No
34%
•
567 votes
Undecided
29%
•
492 votes
3.
3.
Did you personally from the mentorship of a non-relative while growing up? (teacher, coach, family friend)
Yes
29%
•
492 votes
No
43%
•
719 votes
Not applicable
11%
•
188 votes
Undecided
17%
•
277 votes
4.
4.
Who was the most important adult in your childhood, aside from your parents?
Grandparent(s)
42%
•
707 votes
Extended family (aunt, uncle, cousin)
33%
•
549 votes
Teacher/Coach
29%
•
482 votes
Other (please specify)
11%
•
176 votes
- no
- na
- not really
- my pets were also personality forming for me too as a child. it is always a good thing to have a child learn how to care and love a pet.
- no
- none
- grandma
- guess if my grandparents hadn't adopted me, i would have ended up in foster homes.
- my grandmother and sister kathleen
- 3rd question is incomplete
- no
- no
- no
- none
- aunt
- v
- serat
- no
- no
- "did you personally from the mentorship of a non-relative while growing up?" did i what from what? missing word, bad typo. how did this even get accepted as a survey?
- parents
- my parents are the best and i love them with all of my heart and soul
- n/a
- n/a
- my uncle
- my wife of almost 37 years.
- ok
- no
- xfghdf
- no
- no
- na
- my great grandfather who i adored when i was little
- d
- dad
- na
- no
- n/a
- no
- na
- none
- no
- no
- no
- as i grew up, she made everything special, weather it was a learning expeirence, a holiday, ect,
- mom
- dfjdf
- jebus
- jesus
- na
- n/a
- no
- n/a
- no
- no
- mom
- d
- no
- mr. phimister, 6th grade teacher
- no
- no
- none
- ?
- my parents, my cousins, and my grandparents.
- nope
- vu
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- my big sister
- no
- the best and influential person/ people is who really is/are helping you in the situation that you feel needy while growing up. it opened the mental, heart, thinking, feeling , towards to the future growing up.
- mom
- no
- my grandma mary
- nope
- no
- l
- my stepfather who was also my friend, no matter what.
- .
- grandma
- people only care about themselves in the end.
- p
- alex
- manager
- grandma
- no
- n/a
- my late beloved grandmother meant everything to me.... god bless her always!
- my mom, she wasn't my biological mother but i couldn't of asked for a better mother.
- god
- m
- none
- no
- no
- my parents
- no
- mom
- na
- no
- none
- gordon stearns; elementary teacher; colorado springs co
- no
- no
- noone
- mrs. trudee my first grade teacher was always there for me in the first grade. she always let me sit in her lap and said good things to build up my self-esteem. i have never forgotten her.
- no
- no
- tiffany
- miss you grandma.
- sister
- mom rip
- n/a
- no
- none
- i had an older neighborlady watch over me.
- no
- my great grandmother
- no
- grandson kadien
- not really
- nope
- my mom
- na
- my parents
- na
- no
- no
- na
- na
- yes my 7th grade teacher. she was great.
- no
- no
- na
- na
- no
- no
- my dad, the marriage was awful, my mothers fault, my dad stayed for his kids. thanks dad!!!
- n
- pastor mike
- mu cusin
- no
- high school drama teacher
- dunno
- my dad is awesome
- my grandmothers but they they passed away years ago
- 0
- na
- no
- n/o
- =)
- n/a
- my boyfriend
- no.
- my pastor
- no
- my kids
- my scout leaders
- my mom
- my aunt shirley was always there for me
- sister mary edmundine, who taught me that i was a writer and an artist (which has been my life's work).
- my dad !!!
- mrs. chinisci
- no
- na
- no
- my cousin
- none
- ??
- no
- no one
- no
- ms. gallagher, 4th grade teacher, rip
- my grandparents on my mother's side took me into there home when nobody else wanted me around and i will never forget there love & understanding ......
- my step father
- my uncle preston
- yes.
- no
- no
- my mother.
- nobody
- n/a
- n/a
- no
- myself.
- dear dear karen tomberlin - died of brain cancer in 1993 (?). mentor, teacher, high school volleyball (& more) coach, & eventually loving friend. karen, i still love & miss you.
- no
- no
- mom dad grand parens.
- mom
- no
- no
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.72% | 33 | |
| none | 0.99% | 19 |
| n/a | 0.63% | 12 |
| no one | 0.63% | 12 |
| na | 0.57% | 11 |
| mom | 0.21% | 4 |
| sister | 0.16% | 3 |
| neighbor | 0.16% | 3 |
| friends | 0.16% | 3 |
| parents | 0.16% | 3 |
| nobody | 0.10% | 2 |
| babysitter | 0.10% | 2 |
| not sure | 0.10% | 2 |
| siblings | 0.10% | 2 |
| my parents | 0.10% | 2 |
| family friend | 0.10% | 2 |
| brother | 0.10% | 2 |
| family friends | 0.10% | 2 |
| mother | 0.10% | 2 |
| neighbours | 0.05% | 1 |
| my siblings | 0.05% | 1 |
| not applicable | 0.05% | 1 |
| cant think beyond mother | 0.05% | 1 |
| my older sister | 0.05% | 1 |
| me | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one except my parents | 0.05% | 1 |
| my dad | 0.05% | 1 |
| i was self-sufficient | 0.05% | 1 |
| my parents kept me isolated, so i knew no adults | 0.05% | 1 |
| friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| neighbour | 0.05% | 1 |
| older siblings | 0.05% | 1 |
| church pastor | 0.05% | 1 |
| people that i chose to be in the role of my sister, mom etc | 0.05% | 1 |
| noone | 0.05% | 1 |
| pastor. | 0.05% | 1 |
| my moms best friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| not applicable. what little social interaction i did have as a child was usually not positive. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'm not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| my childrens | 0.05% | 1 |
| scout leader | 0.05% | 1 |
| my childhood best friends dad was the best man i have ever met. i still often think of him and how much of an influence is was on me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| church members and mentors | 0.05% | 1 |
| all the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| step parents | 0.05% | 1 |
| a friends grandmother | 0.05% | 1 |
| jesus | 0.05% | 1 |
| after age 10, no one. i have always been a very shy person. and i believe having a mentor of some sort would have been helpful. | 0.05% | 1 |
| nobody i can recall | 0.05% | 1 |
| other | 0.05% | 1 |
| the only adults in my life were my parents, and i would only consider my mom "important" to me | 0.05% | 1 |
| parent | 0.05% | 1 |
| girl scout leader | 0.05% | 1 |
| no | 0.05% | 1 |
| aunt | 0.05% | 1 |
| close friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| didn't have real important adults. most weren't family, some were and didn't care much. | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one. daddy's baby needed no one wlse | 0.05% | 1 |
| frineds | 0.05% | 1 |
| waldo | 0.05% | 1 |
| cousin | 0.05% | 1 |
| n | 0.05% | 1 |
| my mom | 0.05% | 1 |
| friends' parents | 0.05% | 1 |
| older siste | 0.05% | 1 |
| i had none | 0.05% | 1 |
| youth pastor | 0.05% | 1 |
| m | 0.05% | 1 |
| my stepfather and an aunt who stopped talking to me when she thought i'd grown up | 0.05% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
| sibling | 0.05% | 1 |
| brothers and sister | 0.05% | 1 |
| i had noone | 0.05% | 1 |
| every person that comes into your life is important in one way or another. | 0.05% | 1 |
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