Essentially it is the personal motivation

It is not aliens. "Youth of today are better not told and imagine a brighter future that one might think. It is the essential finding of the Adolescences Forum organized by the Wyeth Foundation comes to stay in Paris. In fact, the generation Twitter sharing much older values. They want to succeed in their studies, an interesting trade "be well in their baskets. The poll conducted by Ipsos globally confirms these choices "reasonable". Although they expressed reservations on the value of knowledge issued by the school, 87 of them believe that career success "is related to the supplied work", 71 dream to have interesting work, 54 are financial independence and 50 have want to get a degree to enter active life.

The model of the father

When they plan to 10 years, 60 of them are confident and a similar percentage said that they will succeed better than their parents. "They are insightful and pragmatic and reproduce largely parental model" Note Laila Idtaleb, who coordinated the survey in Ipsos. This survey yet two surprises of size. The teens of today are more confidence in the professional and technical courses to general education to find a good job. Those who have made this choice suffer further condescending look French elites continue to focus on the professionnalisants route. "They have realized that a project is not a business project," justifies Patrice Huerre, psychiatrist specializing in the health of the pupils and students.

But the most surprising is their "conservative" perception of the family unit. Against all odds, their favorite success model is a member of the family circle. Family harvest 56 of positive votes before the singers (7), athletes (7) or players (6). "They do not believe the stars or chaff." "They feel even attacked when told them that they are part of the generation Star Ac", judge Marie Choquet, Research Director at Inserm and specialist psychological health. In 2009, the "youth idols" call Bill Gates (29 citations on 842 interviewed adolescents), Barack Obama (20) and Zinedine Zidane (14). But these stars of the business, politics or sport is not the tutelary figures (148 citations) father or mother (130). "It was long thought that adolescents had to reject their families." In fact, this is not true. "Finally, the survey shows that parents do cope not so evil to prepare their children for an uncertain world", analysis Marie Choquet.

Curiously, the adults are net offset from these views. 44 Of them believe that young people (wrongly) denigrate the values of the work. "The crisis, the lack of opportunities, lack of readability in the future make very anxious adults for themselves and for their children even more," said Professor Claude Griscelli, President of the Wyeth Foundation. In short, young people clearly made aware of the economic reality. They prepare as best they can for a future that they feel uncertain, while remaining very attached to the family model. The three values that they prefer to pass their lives have an undeniable taste of happiness: love, freedom, autonomy. Pierre Duplantier, student 1st S in Bordeaux, which is a scientific career, summed up the springline ambitions. "I am the main actor of my success." Essentially, it is the personal motivation.