Listening to mother

26th March 2004, 12:00am

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Listening to mother

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Teenagers go to their mothers first for careers advice but few want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Sixty per cent of 11 to 18-year-olds said they were most influenced by their mums.

Dads were the next most important source for 53 per cent of the 523 youngsters interviewed by pollsters NOP.

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