Teens living in "hands-on" households have parents who
consistently take 10 or more of these 12 actions:
Monitor what their teens watch on TV
monitor what they do on the Internet
Put restrictions on the music CDs they buy or the
music they download
Know where their teens are after school and on
weekends
Expect to be, and are told the truth by their
teens about where they really are going
Are "very aware" of their teen's academic
performance
Impose a curfew
Make clear they would be "extremely upset" if
their teen used pot
Eat dinner with their teens six or seven times
per week
Turn off the TV during dinner
Assign their teen regular chores
Have an adult present when the teen returns from
school
The survey found:
Only one in four teens (27%) lives with "hands-on" parents.
Teens with hands-on parents are at 1/4 (one fourth) the risk of teens
living with "hands-off" parents.
Nearly one in five teens (18%) lives with "hands-off" parents -
parents who fail to consistently set down rules and expectations - and
are at four times the risk of substance abuse of teens with "hands-on"
parents. Hands-off parents consistently fail to set rules and
monitor their teen's behavior (they take five or less of the previously
described 12 actions).