Online survey has parents thinking

PARENTS have been asked to answer questions about how children deal with their problems to help the States improve services for young people.

Lifelong learning manager Alun Williams said the online parents' survey, a follow-on from the Young People's survey, was the first of its kind on the island.

'What we've found from each survey is that parents, bad or good, have a huge influence over their children,' he said.

'We're hoping this survey will help us help them in their parenting by changing the way we identify and work with particular issues.'

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