'Of those questioned, 29% said they are less happy now than they were as a child and one in five said they felt like crying "often" or "always".
Almost half (47%) said they were regularly stressed. Young people tell us that family is key to their happiness, yet too often we find they don't have this crucial support
Martina Milburn, Prince's Trust
The feelings of negativity among those who took part in the survey were higher among those not in work, education or training.
Young people who had left school but did not have a job or a place on a training course were twice as likely to feel that their life had no purpose.
Key to levels of happiness, were relationships with family and friends, although health, money and work were also important. '
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7810902.stm
With so much family breakdown and single parenthood actively encouraged by the benefits system(a single parent can get 5,000 pounds a year more than a married parent in benefits... as per article last week) it's no wonder that almost a third of kids appear to hate living.
The obvious solution here is with the Tory policy of encouraging marriage and stable loving families through the tax and benefits system IMO. Roll on 2010 and hopefully we can start to repair 'broken Britain'. For many children though 2010 may be too late, unfortunately as 2009 could be 'suicide' Britain.
Almost half (47%) said they were regularly stressed. Young people tell us that family is key to their happiness, yet too often we find they don't have this crucial support
Martina Milburn, Prince's Trust
The feelings of negativity among those who took part in the survey were higher among those not in work, education or training.
Young people who had left school but did not have a job or a place on a training course were twice as likely to feel that their life had no purpose.
Key to levels of happiness, were relationships with family and friends, although health, money and work were also important. '
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7810902.stm
With so much family breakdown and single parenthood actively encouraged by the benefits system(a single parent can get 5,000 pounds a year more than a married parent in benefits... as per article last week) it's no wonder that almost a third of kids appear to hate living.
The obvious solution here is with the Tory policy of encouraging marriage and stable loving families through the tax and benefits system IMO. Roll on 2010 and hopefully we can start to repair 'broken Britain'. For many children though 2010 may be too late, unfortunately as 2009 could be 'suicide' Britain.
We ignore these problems at our peril, because unstable adults will mean more crime, misery, drugs, suicide etc. After 11 years of the caring socialists this is quite an indictment of their failed social policies. 
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