Young People See Parents as Heroes
On today’s Akron Beacon Journal’s front page there was a story about how today’s young people between 13 and 24 see their parents as heroes.
The survey was conducted by the Associated Press and MTV. They talked to 1280 people between 13 and 24 ont he nature of happiness among Americas young people.
As it turns out this nature of happiness is slightly different along racial lines. White kids being slightly more happy than African Americans or Hispanics.
Money never really came up as high as you might think, although kids from families with higher incomes came out slightly happier. And having more educated parents appeared to be an even better predictor of happiness, with those kids from more educated families, being happier even than those with more money.
So family time is what today’s kids really value. Of course if you spend it intelligently while having more money to spend – well that’s just a bonus.
