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03/11/2011
Poll Finds UK Children 'Angry And Abusive'
Many people are at risk of giving up on children altogether, a shocking new poll commissioned by Barnardo’s has found.
It shows that nearly half the UK population (49%) agree that children today are beginning to behave like animals.
ICM Research reveals that the public holds a negative view of all children, despite the majority being well behaved, attending school, taking part in activities and a significant number contributing to their communities and volunteering.
The findings showed that 44% agree that children in this country are becoming feral while nearly half (47%) agree that the trouble with young people is that they’re angry, violent and abusive.
Meanwhile one in four people think that children who behave badly or anti-socially are beyond help by the age of 10.
Barnardo’s Chief Executive Anne Marie Carrie said: "It is depressing that so many people are ready to give up on children, writing them off as 'animals' and 'feral'. We seem to have forgotten the fact that most children are well behaved and instead we are unquestionably accepting a stereotype of young people as criminal and revolting."
(LB)
It shows that nearly half the UK population (49%) agree that children today are beginning to behave like animals.
ICM Research reveals that the public holds a negative view of all children, despite the majority being well behaved, attending school, taking part in activities and a significant number contributing to their communities and volunteering.
The findings showed that 44% agree that children in this country are becoming feral while nearly half (47%) agree that the trouble with young people is that they’re angry, violent and abusive.
Meanwhile one in four people think that children who behave badly or anti-socially are beyond help by the age of 10.
Barnardo’s Chief Executive Anne Marie Carrie said: "It is depressing that so many people are ready to give up on children, writing them off as 'animals' and 'feral'. We seem to have forgotten the fact that most children are well behaved and instead we are unquestionably accepting a stereotype of young people as criminal and revolting."
(LB)
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