199201 Resource 190283 190808 190808 1205263033477 1205701604863 Controlled An Anxiety Epidemic for Children?

Britain may be the "Unhappiest Place on Earth"

<p>According to&nbsp;the online&nbsp;<em><a title="Britain's unhappy children" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/why-are-children-so-unhappy-794033.html" target="_blank">Independent</a></em>, &quot;teachers are to take the extraordinary step of calling for an independent Royal Commission to investigate why so many of Britain's children are unhappy.&quot;</p><p>The United Nations Children's Fund ranks British schoolchildren the unhappiest in the West, pointing to Britain's lack of social cohesion as the culprit. Other studies point to increased homework, a loss of childhood, and&nbsp;decreased family time, factors which some say add up to excessive stress and anxiety for children.</p><p>If these&nbsp;forces seem interconnected it's because they are, and they are not unique to the U.K.&nbsp; </p><p>What makes happy children? If society finds the answer to that question, it will have the guidance it needs to make decisions about how a child's time is best spent.</p><p /> 9 application/xml childhood children education family happiness What are the right experiences for the developing infant brain? It seems almost self-evident, but the first needs of human beings include cuddling, healthy touch and gentle, affectionate stimulation. http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3572 false Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Avant Browser; SU 3.005; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 gstepp 216.175.81.207 false true false false true 191587 false false true false false false true 190283 blog blogsite/FamilyMatters/web