The article talks about a research that found out that almost one in 10 children over the age of eight are unhappy in the UK, according to a landmark survey by the Children's Society
The prime minister said that it was time “we admitted that there's more to life than money”. At a first look I coulnd’t imagine how money could impact on children’s happiness, because I remember that when I was a child money was never an issue to me.
Anyway, material wealth does appear to affect a child's happiness, and that’s why Unicef declaired that British children were caught in a "materialistic trap".
The survey shows that children as young as eight were "aware of the financial issues their families face". Childrens care about money because they are worried about their appearance, at a very young ages. They care about their clothes and how they look. This pression about the image increases with age, and is greater among girls.
I think our society is doing something wrong if children are so unhappy because of matters like their appearence. It seems that the media is putting such a high emphasis on the body image that everyone is just getting mad about it, even children.
Hi Daniela
ResponderEliminarwell, the article is very interesting and I agree with you our society is doing something wrong if children are so unhappy with their appearence.
I hope you spend a nice weekend!
It is certainly a worrying issue, specially for a developed country (one would think that they could have detected a problem like this before), but I guess that caring about money and appearence issues is symptomatic of our times at all ages.
ResponderEliminaris incredible that children under eight years are concerned about the appearance.
ResponderEliminarI think this issue is typical of societies such as the UK.
Hi Daniela!
ResponderEliminarI once read that Cuba is the country with more happy children. The UK's prime minister is right: "That there's more to life than money".
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