Nursery World - Television has escaped blame

Television has escaped blame by parents for their children's bad behaviour in a survey contradicting the conclusions drawn by many professionals. The survey of 1,000 parents, conducted as part of the campaign for the Barney Best Behaviours range of toys and videos, found only one per cent blamed television for behaviour, while 70 per cent believed that bad parenting was the cause. More than 70 per cent of parents said they believed children's manners are not what they used to be and 94 per cent admitted that children learned most of their behaviour from their parents. Welsh children came out best in the survey, with the fewest number of incidents of bad conduct reported. Children in Surrey came top for throwing tantrums, while children in West Sussex were found to be the UK's biggest nose pickers.

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