New Study Says Teens Now More Aware of the Needs of Others

The study also compared how adults support charitable causes with how parents report their teens support those causes. According to the survey, more than three out of four adults (77 percent) support charities financially as compared to roughly one in four (26 percent) teens. But when it comes to volunteering, teens are more likely to give their time than adults. More than half of parents (56 percent) say their teens actively support charities, for example by volunteering their time, while less (46 percent) adults say they do so. However, conveying the importance of charity to teenagers is paramount to parents today. About nine out of ten (91 percent) parents say they try to emphasize the importance of charity to their teens and more than three out of five (62 percent) strongly agree.