Source: The Huffington Post
Modern advertising and social media constantly bombard children with images of what they should and should not be, and a new report has revealed concerns over body image is making girls in England among the unhappiest in the world.
As part of the Good Childhood Report 2014, 16,000 children aged 10-13 from 11 countries and five continents were asked to answer questions relating to happiness.
The study, published by the Children’s Society, found that despite having some of the highest living standards, children in England ranked ninth, behind Romania, Brazil and Algeria and only ahead of South Korea and Uganda.
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Categories: Europe and Australia, UK, Women
An earlier study showed that superficial society makes children unhappier about appearance than anything else:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/7078935/Superficial-society-makes-children-unhappier-about-appearance-than-anything-else.html