(March 17, 2006)--American teen-agers worry about violence, fear they won't get the education they need and crave more contact with their parents.

Those are some of the results in a massive survey of teen-agers conducted for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

The survey involved 46,000 13-to-18-year-olds.

Half identified the possibility of going to war as their greatest fear.

Nearly half said their parents significantly influence their decisions, which may come as a surprise to parents who feel their teens pulling away.

"They want to spend more time with their parents," says Harvard psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint , a consultant to the organization.

"For the first time, youth from all over the nation, representing various racial and ethnic backgrounds, have responded in great numbers to tell the nation this: we have many hopes and dreams for our future, but we don’t always have the opportunities to realize those dreams," said Jared Garber, a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne, N.J., and a Report participant.

"We’ve talked with our peers and shared our hopes, values and fears in the Youth Report To America."

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