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4. Young adults’ relationship with their parents
About 1 in 4 young adults say their parent relies heavily on them for emotional support
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- 4. Young adults’ relationship with their parents
- A majority of young adults rate their relationship with their parent highly, especially with their mom
- A majority of young adults say they can be their true self around their parent, but more say this about mom than dad
- About half of young adults say they know their parent extremely or very well
- About a third of young women say they rely on parents for emotional support at least a fair amount
- About 1 in 4 young adults say their parent relies heavily on them for emotional support
- Career, finances and parenting top the list of topics young adults go to their parents for advice about
- Adults ages 18 to 24 are the most likely to regularly turn to their parents for advice on several topics
- Majorities of young adults say they rarely or never disagree with their parents across a range of topics
- Disagreements over jobs, social life differ by age
- Income differences in how often young adults and their parents disagree about jobs, finances
- About a quarter of young adults text their parent at least once a day
- Young women text and talk with their parents more often than young men
- A majority of young adults say they communicate with their parent as often as they’d like