Family harmony the key to children’s happiness

Thanks to Pete Holley for submitting this article

 

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A comprehensive survey of nearly 7,000 10- to 15-year-olds shows that family harmony rather than family structure is most likely to make children happy. The Children’s Society/University of York study found that families who got on made a 20 per cent difference compared to the impact of a traditional family structure of 2 per cent. The 100 questions put to children identified lack of happiness with appearance (17.5 per cent), unhappiness with their confidence (16 per cent), unhappiness with local areas (14 per cent) and unhappiness with school work (12 per cent) as the children’s biggest worries. Children’s Society head Bob Rietemeier said this revealed the continuing pressures caused by ‘the commercialisation of children’ and ‘the pressure of exams’.

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Sources: Church of England Newspaper (29/1); Church Times (29/1)

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