A new national poll contradicts the conventional wisdom that teenagers want their parents to “just leave them alone.”
Up to 67 percent of America’s teens say they actually want to spend more time with their parents. That’s according to an online survey of 1,250 adults and teens conducted by Opinion Research Corporation.
Nearly half of the teens who responded said they would be happier and better adjusted if they were able to spend more time with their parents or other adult caregivers, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles or adults outside the family.
“While most make it through adolescence without excessive stress, teenagers are at greater risk of school drop out, arrest, drug use and some psychological disorders than other age groups,” explains Dr. Holly Kreider, a research associate at the Harvard Family Research Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “This is when they need engaged adults in their lives, to help separate the good from the bad and to know that they have a chance for a great future ahead of them.”
The survey shows what some say is a clear disconnect in a number of...
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