Kieran Lamb
With slightly unfortunate timing, that great annual carnival of caring and tears, Children in Need night, has been followed in short order by a survey revealing that the British have distinctly ambivalent feelings towards children.
Commissioned by the Barnardo's charity, the opinion poll recorded that almost half of those questioned believed the nation's children were an increasing threat to each other and to adults while, even more bizarrely, 43 per cent felt that grown-ups needed more protection from the young. The amount of crime ascribed to children was four times higher than the true figure.
Children Health News UHN Young People The Independent
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