An overwhelming majority of Jewish teenagers in the United States wants more parental control, is willing to accept definite limits on behavior. These facts emerged here today from a survey conducted among 150 regional officers of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, attending a Leadership Training Conference this week-end.
Almost 97 percent of the teenagers voted in favor of a curfew to be set by the community for boys and girls below the age of 18. Among those questioned, 85 percent favored having parents “around” when teenagers hold house parties.
Almost unanimously, the Jewish teenagers agreed that displays of affection in public are in bad taste, beyond boys and girls holding hands. The youths were of the view that parents and teenagers should decide together the size of a youth’s allowance, and 80 percent agreed that parents have a right to inquire as to how the allowances are spent.
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