Coming of age
How often do you discuss the following topics with your parents?
Finances
Never 10%
Occasionally 42%
Frequently 48%
Politics
Never 26%
Occasionally 48%
Frequently 26%
Drugs or alcohol
Never 38%
Occasionally 49%
Frequently 13%
Your sex life
Never 72%
Occasionally 23%
Frequently 5%
Your grades
Never 7%
Occasionally 39%
Frequently 56%
Have you ever lied to your parents about your grades in college?
Yes 20%
No 80%
How involved are your parents in your life?
Not enough 8%
Just enough 83%
Too involved 9%
39 percent say their parents never give them money.
80 percent would like to have children someday.
What do you wish your parents understood about you?
• How busy I am with school and work
• My personality
• That being gay is OK
• That college is stressful
• That I am mature enough to make my own decisions
• How my faith drives my decisions
• That I can’t always be with them
• How hard I am trying
• My career choices
• How much I appreciate them
• How different college is now from when they attended
• That I need more financial support
• How stressful it is to work full time and go to school
• My need for independence
• I think my parents understand me better than most
If you have kids someday, what will you do differently from your parents?
• Allow them to have more freedoms
• Let them make their own decisions
• Encourage them to find their own passions
• Give my children more of my time
• Be more understanding of their choices and less overprotective
• Be more open-minded with them about life
• Discipline differently
• Raise them in a loving and stable environment
• Find the balance between being their friend and a parent
• Start a college fund for them
• Talk to them openly about sex
• Educate them more on the real world
• Love them unconditionally
• Not push a certain religion
• Work less
• Support them financially
• Listen, love and nurture their dreams
• Nothing, I had great parents
