Communicating consequences for breaking family rules and enforcing those consequences when the rules are broken are also important factors in the effort to reduce negative behaviors in teens as is parental monitoring. Getting good grades was the greatest concern of Grant County teens with more girls concerned than boys. Approximately one-fourth worry that they might not get a good job when they finish high school and three in ten worry about getting along with parents at home. Females were considerably more worried than males about being too fat or too thin. One in five students have ridden at least once in the past month with a teen driver who was drinking.
Older students perceive school a little less positively than younger students.
One-half of 7th graders think their communities have fun things for kids to do. Older teens are less likely to feel this way. At every age, females are less likely than males to feel this way. Most parents know where their teen is after school and where their teen is going. Half of the teens who parents have an interest in their school work report getting A's and B's.