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U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services Together and Enjoy Family Rituals
Parents exhibit higher levels of overall religious commitment than teens
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- U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services Together and Enjoy Family Rituals
- Most parents and teens share a religious identity
- Parents more likely than teens to say religion is very important in their lives
- Half of teens say they hold all the same religious beliefs as their parent …
- Four-in-ten teens say they share all the same religious beliefs as their parent – and their parent agrees
- Less-religious parents very likely to have teens who also are less religious
- About half of U.S. teens at least sometimes say grace before meals with their family
- Most teens attend religious services with at least one parent
- Teens less religious than their parents by some measures, but not worship attendance
- Parents exhibit higher levels of overall religious commitment than teens
- Teens no more likely to align with mom than dad, religiously
- One-third of teens surveyed are religious ‘nones’
- Evangelical teens stand out on religious beliefs and practices
- Most evangelical teens say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral, only one religion is true
- Religious ‘nones’ as likely as other teens to report feeling a deep sense of wonder about the universe
- Teenage girls no more religious than boys, but more likely to attend religious youth group
- Affiliated teens more likely than religious ‘nones’ to turn to family, religious leaders for moral guidance
- Evangelical parents more likely than others to say it is very important to raise their child in their religion