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FAMILY/HOME RELATIONS
Cross-cultural studies show that the U. S. parents spend less time with their children than parents in almost any other country in the world. Although both Russian parents work and Russian children spend a great deal of time in family collectives, emotional ties between children and parents are stronger and the time spent together considerably greater than in the U. S. There is relatively little juvenile delinquency in Russia. Some Russian fathers have said they would never let a day go by without spending two hours with their sons. A study in a small U. S. community shows that the average time fathers spend with their very young sons per day is about 37 seconds. By Dr. Armand Nicholi II.