Table 3.

Examples of Matched Adolescent and Parent Quotes for Various Codes

Agreement	Adolescent quotes	Parent quotes
Strongly disagree	“If [I live] in the U.S., here in [same state]. If it's somewhere else in the world, probably either Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, Thailand, or Vietnam….I've gone to all of them.”	“I have a hard time imagining that she's going to be independent, that she can manage the basic needs as budget and physical appearance and eating habits…”
	“My longest-term goal is to get married and have children…I would like to be able to provide for that family…I try to be as self-sufficient as I can…that is essential for me moving out”	“We wouldn't mind him having opportunities for either living with some other people on his own… You know in a, I don't know, do they call them group homes?”
	“Well I want to go into the [local public university's video game design program]…I'm big into video game design and, uh I've done a lot of camps” So is [that program] a bachelor's degree? “Um, I think it's four years, yeah…[Then] after I get the degree I want to start my own company. So I want to be like, kind of like Microsoft in a way. Where I make my own consoles and games and then also publishing other people's games… And I'll want to get big into virtual reality stuff; I feel like it's going to be the future.”	“[His] understanding of the future is that he's going to design an app and he's going to get paid millions of dollars and that's going to take care of everything…” So you're feeling right now like a four year school's not really…? “It breaks my heart but I don't see it happening … So I mean I would like to see him do you know a trade school or there's all these things, [maybe] a shorter program.”
Partly disagree	“I do plan on going to college at some point after high school…I do have my eye set on [named specific large university with >30,000 students]”	“You know maybe he could transfer down to a university, or up to a university at any time, but right now I kinda see the smaller. Something that's a little more manageable for him.”
	“I'm going to major in veterinary medicine.” “I might do a sub major in aquatic so that way I might be able to help at the, at the SPCA, at the shelters.”	He talked about being a vet, do you see that as a possibility for him? “Um, but I don't know that he has the stamina to make it through the schooling or the discipline to be able to make it through… I worry about his ability to be organized enough to get through college and particularly that school.”
	“I'm interested in being a medical assistant…that's my dream job. Like when I'm out of [my high school] I'm planning to go to [local community college] to join a nursing program…Soon as I get my diploma [I'm] probably gonna [go to community college] and get a job.” So you think you'll work part time and take classes? “Yes…Probably [take classes] at night time”	She was talking about working and then going to school at night or something like that…“I think it's a great plan. Um, physically and mentally, I'm not sure she could handle that big of a schedule”
Neither agree nor disagree	“I want to live in [different state].”	“I do see him making enough to provide for himself…” And you said providing for himself…Is that him living on his own, you think? “Mhmm. Yes those are my goals, that's what I envision”
Partly agree	“[small out-of-state private university]'s my number one. I'd say [medium-size out-of-state private university]'s my number two. And number three is…I kind of use three as my fallback. That'd probably be the [large local public university] or [small local private college].”	“Our goal has always been for our kids to go away for college. We think it's really important but, looking at reality, my husband and I have talked about how that may not happen…We've looked at smaller schools, five thousand students or less…I'm really afraid that he'll get lost at the [large local public university]”
Strongly agree	Do you know what you're going to do when you're 18? “Wildlife… Wash the animals, wild animals.” Okay, so working with animals? “Yeah.”	He mentioned to me that he might want to work with animals…for a job, is that something you see him doing? “Oh yeah, definitely, yeah, I think he would be very competent… we've talked about doing wildlife rehab, and um, you know, being able to feed animals and um, chop up vegetables for them, or, doing cage, maybe clean the cage, or even socializing animals, um, so yea, that I think that's a good possibility.”
	“Something in animation video game or something with, dealing with writing maybe. I was hoping to, becoming like a game designer.”	“I mean she definitely has expressed interest in computers and that has kind of changed over time. At first it was coding and now it is a little more animation and like she definitely wants to do stuff. She has worked a little bit with a company downtown…. They (the company) have an apprenticeship, which, I thought wouldn't be a bad idea, um, to work with some companies and see how she does”
	“I'm hoping to get into college…I'm currently scoring points [earning credits] in [large local public university], so I might actually attend [there]…But since there are other colleges, I'd like to see what's out there.”	“I think she can do college because when she finds something that she loves…she just eats it up.”

Note: Text in italics indicate quotes from the interviewer.