Decision-making patterns of US parents and adolescents: a comment on the dataYanan Zhang, Yifan Yang and Yidi from children to adults. It is generally around 10-20 years old (McDowall, Loftin & Wiersema, 2000). Parents often help their children make decisions when they are under the age of ten. For example, parents do not allow children to use open flames. However, children become teenagers who seem to have their own views and opinions on some issues and tend to be decision makers in their lives. This behavior likely leads adolescents to become more independent. Teenagers gradually free themselves from parental control over buying clothes and making friends. However, parents are still the sole decision makers in terms of curfew and allowance amount. Table 10 illustrates the decision-making patterns of US parents and adolescents on seven different aspects. TABLE 10. Decision-making patterns of US parents and adolescents (N = 6327, roughly similar number of boys and girls) Based on Lundberg et al., 2009. Table 10 shows parents and adolescents making decisions in some important aspects of the lives of adolescents. As you can see, 91% of teenagers have their child support amount agreed upon by the teenagers' parents, and 88% of parents also have more control over teen curfew issues in the United States. Obviously, teenagers have no ability, and it is illegal to Since teenagers work to earn money, most decisions about the amount of compensation rest with parents. Another category of curfew was perhaps highlighted by the fact that parents are always restrictive... middle of paper... the time when teenagers, both physical and mental, are gradually becoming mature, so it probably seems easier conflict with parents' opinions and advice. They could do more spiritual communication with adolescent children to know their thoughts and solve their problems rather than blindly hinder and control their life. Otherwise it tends to make them rebellious. The Decision-Making Patterns of US project will seem necessary to continue the research and broaden the categories explored in adolescents' lives such as education and divide groups of adolescents of different ages to carry out more specific research. At the same time, parents can use the research results to know children's opinions and find more effective ways to deal with conflict with adolescents, so that there is a strong possibility that parent and adolescent will form a harmonious growth environment. life.