{"id":16631,"date":"2013-10-03T21:48:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/03\/clark-university-poll-of-parents-of-emerging-adults-most-parents-and-kids-still-talk-more-often-than-text\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:03:44","slug":"clark-university-poll-of-parents-of-emerging-adults-most-parents-and-kids-still-talk-more-often-than-text","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/03\/clark-university-poll-of-parents-of-emerging-adults-most-parents-and-kids-still-talk-more-often-than-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: Most parents and kids still talk more often than text"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parents once had to beg their grown children to keep in touch. Today, not so much. Emerging adults (18- to 29-year-olds) are in daily or near-daily contact with their grown children, according to the 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults<\/a>. Texting is common, the poll finds, but the old-fashioned phone call is still the most popular way the two groups stay in touch. “The kids generally prefer texting, but they go along with their parents’ desire for a chat on the phone,” says Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, the Clark University Research Professor of Psychology<\/a> who directed the poll [www.clarku.edu\/clarkpoll\/<\/a>]. “For parents, texting is fine for brief updates, but they like to be able to hear their kids’ voices as well. The phone allows for a more in-depth conversation.” More findings from the Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults:<\/p>\n