Fast Company – RAE ANN FERA
“That parents around the world think love is the most important thing they can give their children will surprise exactly no one. But new research from Fisher-Price reveals that when it comes to parents’ aspirations for their children, there’s been a global shift in the characteristics they value most. Rather than dream of success, leadership qualities, or intelligence for their new children, today’s parents around the world hope their kids will grow up to be happy, kind, honest, respectful and polite. According to the Moms’ Hopes & Wishes Study, a survey of 3,500 new and soon-to-be moms from seven countries conducted by Illuminas Global, it seems that traits associated with EQ are trumping those traditionally associated with IQ.”(more)