How Much Pressure Are Parents Putting on Students? Not enough Right amount Too much
By a ratio of nearly four-to-one, adults in this country say that American parents are placing too little (56%) rather than too much (15%) pressure on students, with the remaining quarter (24%) saying that parents are exerting the right amount of pressure. Parents and non-parents feel roughly the same way about this question, the survey finds. So do Republicans and Democrats, blacks and whites, older adults and younger adults, people with low incomes and those with high incomes, and people with college degrees and those with a just a high school education or less. The only demographic gap in attitudes about this question — and it’s not especially wide — comes on the gender front. More men (62%) than women (51%) say parents aren’t being tough enough.
How Much Pressure Are Parents  | Putting on Students?  | Not enough Right amount Too much  | Total  | 56  | 24  | 15  | Men  | 62  | 23  | Women  | 51  | 25  | 19  | Parents  | 56 57  | 24 24  | Non- parents  | White  | 56  | 25  | 25  | 56  | Black  | 18  | 23 25  | Democrats  | 56 58  | Republicans  | Under 35  | 56 59  | 24 23  | 35+  | 22 24  | HS or less  | 54 56 60  | 16  | Some college  | College grad  | 15  | Under $30. LOOO  | 15  | 56  | 24  | $30 LOOO $74. Ligge  | 57 62  | 25 22  | 14  | $75 L000+  | 12  | 21 23 26  | Urban  | 57  | 16  | Suburban  | 56  | 57  | Rural  | 16  | Percent saying 'Don't know not shown. 