New Clark University Poll finds established adults struggling yet hopeful This Labor Day may find many thirtysomethings working hard, often at less-than-ideal jobs. But, according to a new poll, most are toiling in pursuit of their dreams not dollars. In fact, most 25- to 39-year olds (78 percent) say it is more important to enjoy…
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New Clark Poll finds millennials grown up, getting by, and OK about turning 30
The often criticized “Me Generation” could be turning into the “We Generation” Clark University, the nation’s leading institution tracking the development of Emerging Adults (18-29 year olds), released its first poll of Established Adults (25-39 year olds), which shows a generation whose lives are deeply connected to children, parents, friends and co-workers – bonds strengthened…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: Most parents and kids still talk more often than text
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…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: We had it tougher; their future looks bright
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…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: College send-off can mean missing their BFFs
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…
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Clark Poll: Grown kids at home not cramping our style, parents say
The new Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults contradicts the long-held notion that adult children living with their parents are a source of stress and disruption in the household. The Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults reveals that the majority of parents of 18- to 29-year-olds insists their lives are not compromised…
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Clark University researcher asks: Is this the last acceptable prejudice?
COMMENTARY As this year’s college graduates go forth into the world, they are entering a society that is in some ways decidedly unfriendly to them. TIME magazine’s recent cover slurring them as “The Me Me Me Generation” is only the latest insult thrown at them by their elders. In the twenty years I have been…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults findings released
Emerging adults getting by with a lot of help from their folks; wide majority of parents providing the financial support they didn’t get in their twenties A vast majority of parents of today’s emerging adults (74%) say they provide financial support to their 18- to 29-year-old children, even as they report getting little or no…
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What is the key to being an adult? Clark releases new poll findings
Parents and their emerging adults rank ‘being responsible for yourself’ before money and marriage as key to becoming an adult What marks the beginning of true adulthood? Parents and their 18- to 29-year-old emerging adult children agree that the most important indicator is accepting responsibility for the consequences of your actions and mistakes, according to…
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Clark Poll of Emerging Adults finds most in constant touch with parents
Even if they’ve left the nest, a vast majority of today’s emerging adults, defined as young people between the ages of 18 to 29, maintain close contact with their parents via texting, email, phone or in person, according to the Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults. The Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults, directed by…