Just thought this was interesting. I would love to see the survery for other countries and compare them as well.

The UK Family: In statistics. BBC

The one I found most interesting was that households without children only had an extra 2% of sleep!

So, to any of the Brits ... are you normal??

Considering the madness that is prevalent throughout the world Copago, it's difficult to say what is "normal" and what isn't

Interesting article! Especially the sleep aspect.

I sleep for 5 hours during college weekdays, which increases to about 8 - 10 hours on the weekends. The latter being more towards the statistical norm.

Interestingly, I always am sceptical about the average wage - it should be more specific to areas, the average wage is over £30,000. That certainly isn't the case in south Wales or the majority of Wales for that matter!

Ford Focus ownership, aha, you do see rather a lot of them!

I'm never going to be normal. And don't even get me started on sleep..

The statistics put media panic about 'social collapse' into some perspective.

Generally speaking, family life collapsed in UK a long time ago, when the government and law makers in thier infinate wisdom, took the role of parent AWAY from the parents, and gave it to the courts.
It is now the COURTS job to punish a child - not the parents. A parent is not even allowed to raise thier voice to a child anymore, for fear of being charged with CHILD ABUSE!
And they wonder why 14 year olds run around in gangs at 4am, terrorising neighbourhoods.

Just goes to show how the world is very much the same, Delboy! It has become that way here as well... I do want children protected from true abusiveness... but I think that the "strict upbringing" that I had, where the "rod was not spared" had a great deal to do with the person I've become, and the principles to which I hold myself to... My children are grown, but when they were young, they certainly understood what a spanking was about... but as they grew older, I didn't find it necessary. I think you really need to "grab their attention" when they are very young to have any control in later ages, or so it seemed for me. I have a very good relationship with my boys now, and I feel they've turned out to be very good human beings as well... If they'd never learned to respect my authority, I think they would have been easily swayed by peer pressure, and more negative impacts from society. As it is, they are decent young men, never went through the "teenage angst" stage, with a good work ethic, and a strong sense of morality. I'm not saying that it is the ONLY way to raise children, but that is how it worked out for me.

Your concerns are mine, Delboy!

Yes we were pretty normal. We didn't have a cell phone or P.C. when I was growing up but dad got one after I left home and my bro has one now. Pets? My folks couldn't stand anything bigger than a rabbit but we managed to have quite a few that were smaller! We didn't have a Ford Focus, lol, that's a whole story...
We had a couple of Vauxhalls that were fine for years, then a Rover.. dad was all into 'buying British' so then we got a British Leyland (I can see you starting to laugh), and then a replacement from the company... and another replacement.. it was a comedy really. After that he got a Datsun, was delighted with it and used Datsuns ever since.