2025年美国儿童和家庭状况（英）

THE STATE OF KIDS AND FAMILIES IN AMERICA 2025Suggested citation: Lake, C., Snell, A., Gormley, C., Vinyard, I., Gillett, M., Anderson, K. S., O'Neil, E., Alles, D., Collins Coleman, E., & Robb, M. (2025). The state of kids and families in America, 2025. Common Sense Media.Celinda Lake, Alysia Snell, Cate Gormley, Izzy Vinyard, Matthew Gillett (Lake Research Partners) Kristen Soltis Anderson, Eleanor O'Neil (Echelon Insights) Dylan Alles, Edda Collins Coleman, Michael Robb (Common Sense Media)Christopher DareAmy Buller, Alice SeilerAuthors: Copy editor:Designers: CreditsTHE STATE OF KIDS AND FAMILIES IN AMERICA 20251 THE STATE OF KIDS AND FAMILIES IN AMERICA, 2025© COMMON SENSE MEDIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.IntroductionAcross the U.S., families are navigating a landscape marked by pressing challenges. On behalf of Common Sense Media, Lake Research Partners and Echelon Insights conducted two surveys—one among parents of children of any age, and another among kids and teens age 12 to 17—that offer a detailed portrait of what life looks like for families today. These surveys provide insights into the state of American kids and families through an exploration of current attitudes among parents and young people, their most salient concerns, their hopes for the new presidential administration, and solu-tions that they support on the issues that matter.In 2024, Common Sense Media released a survey about likely 2024 voters, including parent voters, as well as kids and teen-agers. In last year's survey, parent voters shared the same concerns as non-parent voters about the economy and the future of American children. There is a strong continuity in the responses—parents this year and voters in last year's survey see a real opportunity to improve education, and they want action to safeguard youth mental health. Just like this year, survey respondents across party lines favored investment in kids and families, saw a role for government, and thought that politicians are failing to deliver. This year, we wanted to dig deeper into attitudes among parents, and many of these trends held consistent, with parents expressing strong bipar-tisan support for family-focused policies despite deep skepticism about government action.Parents and young people have notable concerns about how things are going for kids and families today, ranging from the need to improve education and expand access to mental health care to enforcing regulations to improve tech and social media experiences for youth, and the government doing a better job of meeting families' basic needs. When they think about the future, parents, kids, and teens are more hopeful and positive than fearful and negative, but parents' anxieties about the affordability of housing and post-secondary educa-tion abound.The nation is at a critical crossroads for families, with signifi-cant changes on multiple fronts with the arrival of the Trump administration. Contrary to conventional wisdom, parents across party lin