If I'm even five minutes late for my curfew, I'm grounded for a month. The survey indicates Utah parents, equally or more so than parents across the nation, have had serious and informative discussions with their children on issues including physical changes in adolescence, premarital sex, smoking, illegal drug use and drinking. My parents talk to me about smoking and drinking all the time. What you decide now will affect the rest of your life. They are still my parents, but I can also look at them as friends.
Some people love their parents.
I like and love my parents. Forty-eight percent of local teens said they would confide only in their mother and 7 percent said they would confide in their father. I've always been able to trust my mother. Family is most important to 84 percent of mothers and 65 percent of fathers, ranking above careers, friendships, religious activities and community activities, as reported by local teens. On a normal week, Utah teens eat dinner with their parents an average of five nights.