Hey Stephanie,
If you don't have many strong associations it's fine, it may just mean the children variable isn't very important to our prospective segments. As far as the assumptions go, I think it's fine if you take Option 1, because those are the answers we received, it'll give you more data to work with, and we explain the potential errors that can occur when filling out the survey if we need to. Any other thoughts?
If Monday doesn't look good, are people free/on campus tomorrow night?