At this particular time, the survey is targetting family groups that are legally recognized due to the research stating that there are signficant differences between married parents and unmarried parents who are living together. At some point in the future, I would like to conduct a survey relating to those differences, but its not within the scope of this current project. I'm sorry. I also know this applies to gay/lesbian couples as well, another population that I'm interested in targetting but couldn't with this current study.
Thank you to those who have participated in the survey. I look forward to reading all the responses. I won't know who they are from, however, because the survey is completely anonymous.
And to answer the question about biased questions: No questions in the survey are adovocating anything one way or another. Of course the whole survey assumes that parents do play with their children and their spouses, but to be objective, its not advocating that parents should play with their family members. That particular question that you are asking about is a way of assessing parenting styles and beliefs about play. Some parents will attempt to control their children's emotions during play (and probably any other time in life too). The question is also a way of getting parents to think about the purpose they have when playing with their kids: is it for bonding, fun, to teach (either academic or social skills), to show love, etc? Did you by chance share some of your thoughts about that or anything other thoughts you at in the free answer question at the end of the survey? I am interested in reading them.
