Britain worst place for children

A report from UNICEF last week on the welfare of children in the industrialised world put Britain at the bottom end.

Britain lagged behind on key measures of poverty and deprivation, happiness, relationships, and risky or bad behavior, the study showed.

It scored better for health and safety of children but languished in the bottom third for all other measures, giving it the lowest overall placing, just below the United States.

To me it’s an alarming report showing that despite high overall levels of national wealth the countries still have poor levels of public support for families. I usually don’t care much for public support by the government but when it comes to wellbeing of children I can’t argue against it. Every child should have a safe, happy and healthy upbringing no matter where they live. And that especially in the industrialised countries where we do have the money. The saying “Children are our future” might be a tad worn out, but it’s true. The children are our future. We can’t afford to treat them bad in either ways.