Teens and preteens voted for their "top 3" issues with their parents, choosing from a list of 28 possible issues. The bar graph above shows the four issues that were the top "vote-getters" in this poll.

This time around, "My attitude," "Parents don't respect me, treat me like a child" and "Parents worry about me too much" received equal proportions of votes in the overall sample and are therefore the 'top 3' issues this quarter.

Last quarter's results showed "Parents worry about me too much" and "Parents don't respect me, treat me like a child" as the two issues getting the most votes from the total sample of participants. "My moods" and "Parents don't think I know anything" came in third and fourth.

Teen/preteen differences
The graph shows that preteens chose "My attitude" in higher proportions than teens did, and that "Parents worry about me too much" received no votes from preteens. "Academic trouble" was chosen in equal proportions by teens and preteens.

Q&A:
Q: Why are all the percentages of the total vote so low? A: Because there were so many issues to choose from (28 in all), and each respondent got to pick 3 instead of only 1.

• pie chart showing the top 4 vote-getters for the total sample
• list of issues written in as "other"

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