Posts Tagged ‘teenager’

Are you a parent? When your kids were born, didn’t you sometimes stare down at those miniature versions of yourself and wonder how they’d turn out? Maybe you fantasized that one day they’d grow up to lead your nation or your favorite sports team, to run a big company or find the cure for cancer, to crusade for peace or feed the hungry. Or maybe you just hoped they’d grow up healthy, happy, and successful at whatever they chose to do.

Not to burst the parental bubble, but according to a recent study on teen motivation and engagement in civic life, the vast majority of American kids lack the fundamental factors that combine to set them on any kind of positive life course.

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