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77% of parents want only FDA-approved medicines for their children, but only 30% say they will allow their children to participate in research. Many parents are willing to consider children's participation in research if the risk of harm is small. 92% of parents have never been asked to have their children participate in research.

83% of parents believe the last medicine prescribed for their child was FDA-approved, although less than 30% of medicines are FDA-approved for use in children. 77% of parents would like their child’s doctor to prescribe only medicines that are approved by the FDA for use in children. 

About one-half of parents with young children said consumer alerts about cough and cold  medicines for young children and lead-tainted toys affected their families. About 1 in 7 parents with young children had not heard about the cough and cold medication alerts.

25% of all adults have used discount generic prescription drug programs; more than two-thirds of these adults have private insurance or Medicare. 18% of parents have used discount generic drug programs for their children; over one-half of these children have private insurance.

Parents view diet/nutrition, and exercise/ sports, as the top 2 issues they want the doctor to discuss with their adolescents during routine check ups. Hispanic parents list drug abuse as the 2nd most important topic of discussion. Black parents list obesity as the 3rd most important topic of discussion.