an ‘emerging crisis in modern childhoods'.
A survey of three generations of families by the charity reveals that two-thirds of parents and grandparents and over a third of children believe childhood is ‘getting worse’.
A total of 5,000 children and adults took part in the research. Of these, 2,082 were children, 1,559 were parents and 1,379 were grandparents.
Parents, grandparents and children all agreed that bullying is the biggest problem preventing a good childhood, as is the ‘pressure to fit in’.
Half of the children surveyed (1,041), who were all aged 11-18, were worried about poverty and homelessness, closely followed by the environment. Issues surrounding inequality also came out as key worries.
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