Study Findings

The study's findings are of particular interest to parents:

• As children progress from Grade 4 to Grade 7, parents of generally know less about how they are spending their time.

• Parents of boys are less likely to know how their children spend their time than parents of girls.

• Children who experience higher levels of monitoring tend to have higher levels of reported well-being.

• Many of the parents who responded to the survey report multiple barriers to their child’s involvement. 37% of parents report a single barrier to participation; 65% report two barriers ; 86% report 3 barriers

• With respect to level of satisfaction about how their child spends their after-school time parents indicated 30% were "Very Satisfied"; 40% were "Somewhat Satisfied"; 15% were neutral; 15% were either "Very Dissatisfied" or "Somewhat Dissatisfied"

• Fully 20% of parents surveyed indicated that programs/services for their children during the out of school hours are not available in their community. 21% indicated that there was a lack of information about the services offered for children in their community.

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