--- title: Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents? description: TIME for Kids and KidsHealth.org recently surveyed hundreds of parents and more than 8,000 children ages 8 to 14 about the time they spend with... canonical: https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T10:56:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:38.858Z og:title: Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents? og:description: TIME for Kids and KidsHealth.org recently surveyed hundreds of parents and more than 8,000 children ages 8 to 14 about the time they spend with... og:url: https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents? twitter:description: TIME for Kids and KidsHealth.org recently surveyed hundreds of parents and more than 8,000 children ages 8 to 14 about the time they spend with... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents? by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 3, 2016 10:56 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 3, 2016 10:56 AM UTC TIME for Kids and KidsHealth.org recently surveyed hundreds of parents and more than 8,000 children ages 8 to 14 about the time they spend with each other. Here’s some of what they found: 67% Percentage of kids who say they get along very well or pretty well with their moms and dads, while 66% of parents say the same about their kids. 58% Percentage of kids ages 12 to 14 who say they think their parents are proud of them–well below the 78% of parents who say they are proud of their kids. 85% Percentage of kids who say they have fun with their parents, which jibes with the 84% of parents who say they have fun with their kids. 26% Percentage of kids ages 8 to 11 who say they don’t want to be like their parents. Among older kids, that figure jumps to 42%. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/"},"headline":"Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents?","datePublished":"2016-03-03T10:56:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:38.858Z","description":"TIME for Kids and KidsHealth.org recently surveyed hundreds of parents and more than 8,000 children ages 8 to 14 about the time they spend with...","url":"https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/","keywords":["Living"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/","name":"Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents?"}}]}] ```