More than a quarter of a million girls in Britain are unhappy, report reveals
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By Amy Packham
More than a quarter of a million girls in Britain are unhappy with their lives, according to the latest Good Childhood Report.
The Children’s Society’s annual review of young people’s well-being found an estimated 283,000 girls aged 10–15 are not happy with their lives “overall”.
The picture is even starker when it comes to personal appearance, with the number of 10- to 15-year-old girls who do not feel happy with their looks reaching 700,000 across the UK.
“It is desperately worrying that so many of our young people are suffering rather than thriving,” said Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of The Children’s Society.
“Girls are having a particularly tough time and it’s clear that concerted action is needed to tackle this problem.”
The report, which is a collaboration between The Children’s Society and the University of York, uses evidence from a number of sources, including school and household surveys conducted by the charity.
It referenced one teenage girl who explaine...
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