Working to Help Families Raise Responsible Teenagers

THE WHITE HOUSE AT WORK



Tuesday, May 2, 2000

THE CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION:
WORKING TO HELP FAMILIES RAISE RESPONSIBLE TEENAGERS

"It's very important that we recognize that the United States has done a great job at creating jobs, but we still give far less support to the responsibility of balancing work and family than virtually every other industrialized country in the world. And it is very important to do that."

President Bill Clinton
Tuesday, May 2, 2000

Today, at the White House, President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Teenagers.The conference included parents, teens, policy makers, and other experts who discussed the importance of the teenage years in the social and intellectual development of children, and offered strategies for raising responsible and resourceful youth. The President and the First Lady released a new report outlining trends among teenagers, and announced several new steps the Administration is taking to support America's teens, including an Executive Order barring discrimination against parents in the federal workplace.

SUPPORTING AMERICA'S TEENS. At today's conference, participants highlighted ways in which parents, schools, businesses, the media and others in the larger community can support children during the critical teenage years. The conference included the following:



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