Number of UK children unhappy with their lives rises – report
by Denis Campbell, Guardian:
Children’s Society says ‘distressing’ findings are warning sign of future issues for teenagers.
Growing numbers of British children are unhappy with their lives, with many worrying about school, friends and how they look, a report reveals.
The number of 10- to 15-year-olds who say they are not happy rose from 173,000 (3.8%) in 2009-10 to an estimated 306,000 (6.7%) in 2018-19, the Children’s Society found. That 6.7% – one in every 15 young people – is the highest proportion in the last decade, it said.
The charity lamented the “significant decline in children’s happiness over the decade”, as measured by Essex University research before the Covid pandemic struck in early 2020.
Mark Russell, its chief executive, said: “It’s deeply distressing to see that children’s wellbeing is on a 10-year downward trend and on top of this a number of children have not coped well with the pandemic. Unhappiness at this stage can be a warning sign of potential issues in later teenage years.”
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