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🗞️ Driving the news: A survey conducted by YouGov for Barnardo's involving 1,001 British teenagers aged 14 to 17 reveals a pessimistic outlook on their future, with 55% believing they will have a worse life than their parents
• Concerns cited include financial instability, job scarcity, and the climate crisis
🔭 The context: The survey highlights a widespread sense of hopelessness among teenagers, with 9% explicitly feeling hopeless about their future
• The prevailing sentiment is that the social contract is broken, as articulated by Barnardo's CEO, Lynn Perry, who emphasizes the need to improve the world for the younger generation
🌍 Why it matters for the planet: Teenagers' concerns about the climate crisis underscore the growing anxiety among young people about environmental sustainability and the planet's future
⏭️ What's next: Barnardo's report, "Changing Childhoods, Changing Lives," suggests that without significant changes, children in the UK face a challenging future marked by mental health issues, increased online exploitation risks, and more children entering care due to escalating social and environmental problems
💬 One quote: "It's our job to make the world better for our children, not worse," Lynn Perry, CEO of Barnardo’s
📈 One stat: 55% of teenagers surveyed believe their lives at 30 will be worse than their parents'.
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