Results: "CHILD PROOF"
THIS POLL FOCUSES ON CHILDREN'S TALES AND HOW SOME ADULTS MAY PERCEIVE THEM.
1.
1.
DO YOU HAVE/EVER HAD CHILDREN? YES, I HAVE
32%
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473 votes
YES, I HAD/ THEY'VE MOVED OUT
27%
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401 votes
NO, NEVER HAD
29%
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441 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
12%
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185 votes
2.
2.
IF YOU HAVE/HAD CHILDREN, HAVE THEY EVER TOLD YOU A STORY THAT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE? YES
31%
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463 votes
NO
32%
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476 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
37%
•
561 votes
3.
3.
REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT, IF A CHILD AGE 5-13, TELLS YOU A WILD OR OUTRAGEOUSLY UNBELIEVABLE STORY, WHAT WOULD YOUR FIRST INSTINCT BE? TO BELIEVE THEM UNTIL PROVEN
12%
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184 votes
I WOULD ASSUME IT IS JUST THEIR CREATIVE IMAGINATION
28%
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414 votes
TO INVESTIGATE, SEE IF IT IS TRUE
35%
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523 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
25%
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379 votes
4.
4.
STUDIES SHOW THAT ADULTS ONLY CORRECTLY DETECT A CHILD'S LIE ABOUT 47% OF THE TIME (WORSE THAN A COIN FLIP). KNOWING THIS, DO YOU THINK ADULTS IN GENERAL ARE TOO TRUSTING OR TOO SKEPTICAL OF CHILDREN'S STORIES TOO TRUSTING (THEY BELIEVE TALES THAT ARE CLEARLY LIES)
16%
•
234 votes
TOO SKEPTICAL (THEY DISMISS TRUTHFUL STORIES AS IMAGINATION)
22%
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325 votes
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT RIGHT
30%
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448 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
33%
•
493 votes
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