Nursery World - Debate opened on a 'good childhood'

An independent national inquiry into what makes 'a good childhood' in the UK today has been launched by the Children's Society. The 12-member inquiry panel includes the children's commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley Green, and it will be chaired by Professor Judith Dunn, child development psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is its patron.

The 12-member inquiry panel includes the children's commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley Green, and it will be chaired by Professor Judith Dunn, child development psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is its patron.

Last week a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by more than 100 child experts highlighted the incidence of depression among children and called for a national debate on childhood.

Speaking at the inquiry's launch on Monday, chief executive of the Children's Society Bob Reitemeier said, 'There is clearly a mood in the UK that as a society we have got some important things wrong about childhood.

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