Virtually all plan to have children. Her parents are separated, but Jessica has high hopes for a happy marriage. And while divorce is commonplace, adultery is definitely a no-no. That result doesn't surprise Christine Simmons-Physick, vice president, children's services, for the national Kids Help Phone. Even if it is amicable, divorce crumbles a child's foundations.
Teens agree with their parents' values.
A nearly unanimous 98 percent of those surveyed said their parents had set a good example of right and wrong. The survey results confirm a widespread optimism among teenagers, says Sandra Kirby, chairman of the Department of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. They are confident and consider themselves, in effect, spokesmen for the new millennium. Teens believe financial prosperity can be theirs. Sixty-seven percent said they had worked for pay for more than ten hours in any week in the past summer.