What We re All About. We ask lots of questions about family relationships and friendships, peer pressure, how students feel about themselves, their school achievement, drugs, alcohol and violence. Also, we observe teens talking to their parents, and teens interacting with their friends. Through these observations we get a close look at adolescent lives. We want to learn about how teens and their families respond to the changes that are a part of growing up as a teenager today.
Teenagers face many challenges and choices in their lives.
Along the way they will face many challenges. Every student will respond to these situations differently, and we hope to help understand those differences. We are interested in learning about all the factors that go into the decisions teenagers make about their lives. We provide transportation and childcare as needed. At that time, they fill out questionnaires, and are also asked to have short discussions with each of their parents.