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Teen Voice 2010: Relationships That Matter to America's Teens is a national survey of 1,860 15-year-olds that documents a significant gap between the support teens need and the support they receive.
Teen Voice 2010: focuses on three key strengths that make a difference in teens' lives:
- SPARKS: their deepest passions and interests
- VOICE: their confidence, skills and opportunities to influence things that matter to them, and
- RELATIONSHIPS: their access to high-quality resources and relationships that help them nuture their strengths
Teens with high level of sparks, voice and relationships do better on every academic, psychological, social-emotional and behavioral outcome. Yet, more than one-third of 15-year-olds surveyed did not score high on any of the strengths and only 7 percent experience high levels on all three strengths.
The study finds that teens need positive, sustained and meaningful relationships with extended family, teachers, mentors, grandparents, neighbors, and other caring adults. Additionally, teens need confidence, skills, and opportunities to speak out about and influence the things that matter to them in their own lives, their families, their communities and the world.
