As stressed-out college students hunker down in labs and libraries or pull all-nighters writing papers or prepping for exams, they may find themselves wondering, “Is all this worth it?” And they’re not alone. Over the past decade and around the country, students, parents and the institutions themselves have been reexamining the value of higher education.…
Parents once had to beg their grown children to keep in touch. Today, not so much. Emerging adults (18- to 29-year-olds) are in daily or near-daily contact with their grown children, according to the 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults. Texting is common, the poll finds, but the old-fashioned phone call is…
Most parents say their grown children have a better life than they did when they were young, but their current life satisfaction is surprisingly similar to their children’s, according to the new Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults. The Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults (www.clarku.edu/clarkpoll/clark-university-poll-parents-emerging-adults.cfm) finds that 63% of parents…
Forget those TV ads where parents gleefully anticipate “alone time” as they wave goodbye to their college-bound children. For most parents of emerging adults, back-to-school time means missing their best friends. The 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults finds that parents and their emerging adults get along well, much better than they…
