Child of our time - 60% of parents are separated by the time their child is 10

[Bobbalina]

The parents in child of our time have a 40% rate of being together after 10 years.

The programme said this is reflective of the wider population. Is it though? It seems far too low to me. In my dd's Y5 class only 10% of kids don't live with both birth parents.

Im my DS Y5 class there is approx 10% in his year and 10% in the other class, so 20% overall.

That does seem high. DS1 is nearly 8 and I can only think of one child in his class of 30 whose parents are separated. I find it hard to believe that another 17 are going to split up in the next 2 years!

That's still 10% isn't it?

But, yes, I was surprised at that statistic. I wonder if being on the programme and being under scrutiny puts more pressure on your relationship though

Jax 10% in each class is still !0% overall not 20%

It is the fact that they said this is representative of the general population that suprised me

Wow, am amazed you know the parents and living arrangements of 30 children in your child's class.

I'd say I only know about the parents/living arrangements of a third of my Y4 dd's class.

Does anyone have a child whose class has only 40% of children or less with both birth parents though?

I don't think you can draw too much from this particular stat. It's a very small sample and you have to ask are they more prone to splitting because of factors that led them to be on the programme - particular personal circumstances or stresses - or particular characteristics which in turn have made their relationship hard to sustain?

I wondered if they meant all marriages (first/second etc)

I've no idea about any of the parents at my kids' schools.

The programme did say the split rate was pretty typical.

bibbity I meet dd from school every afternoon, volunteer at events and chat to most folk! Dd has been to play with most of 'em by now after 6 years of school!

As an average - 1 in 2 are supposed to be the latest figures

bibbity: I live in a small rural village and taught most of the children in DS' class at nursery school. So yes I do.

Blardy nora. That's... surprising. I would have thought that the high rate of divorce overall would include a lot of marriages without children, hence bringing down the average figure for parents.

I do think the silver lining with splitting up with children these days is that it is unlikely to be unusual. I'm not aware of any separate co-parents in ds's year 1 class, but then I wouldn't necessarily know.

When was this on? Is it a new series?

I don't think the statistic is about marriage - its about all relationships.

I thought 40% of marriages failed but perhaps the figure is higher because we are including unmarried couples too - even so I think it is suprisingly high.

Was on last night ilove

I dunno - my son is only in nursery and out of the 26 kids in his class there are only 11/12 who are still living with both parents!

I have no idea of actual stats but quite a few of the parents of my DC's peers are lone parents and in conversations it has sometimes come out that with some of the others the person regarded as Dad is technically a step-dad.

Is is 60% of couples who are parents (of an under 10) split up or is it that 60% of children under 10 have separated parents?

sorry bobbalina, I meant 10% in his yr5 class and at least 10% in DD Yr2 class.

There is definitely more parents divorced/separated in DD's class than DS.

Amongst ds' friends and those of our own friends with kids, I only know of one kid whose parents have separated.

Unfortunately it is ds' best friend , so he can only play with him very other weekend (if he's lucky) aas he has to spend time (underandably) with his dad.

My DS is 7 and only 15/24 in his class 'have had the same Daddy since they were born'. And this is at a school with a high proportion of Asian and middle class parents.

Sorry to but in....Damn I missed it!

Anyone know what side it was on or even better is it repeated?? I only have Free Sat and Standard Freeview.

Is it on every Sunday now for the next few weeks?

both episodes are on iplayer