The Big Question: What on Earth are We Doing to Our Children?

Name: The Big Question: What on Earth are We Doing to Our Children?
Brand: Maranatha Community
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Ths book presents a comprehensive overview of research into a wide variety of concerns about children. It points to one conclusion - that the future for the children and young people of Great Britain is in serious question. It is well established that the current adult generation has saddled future generations with serious debt. More importantly, however, the evidence of this book points to vast numbers of children and young people growing up without any sense of identity or purpose. The number of 16-24 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEETs) in England has reached 938,000. This represents 15.6% of this age group. (Department for Education, 2011) The estimated cost of hospital treatment for underage drinkers in England is thought to be about £19m a year. (Alcohol Concern, 2010) 21,955 under 18’s accessed specialist substance misuse services in the UK in 2010-11. 443 were under the age of 13. (National Drug Treatment Monitoring System 2012) Nearly a quarter (24%) of children live with only one parent and nine out of 10 of those households were headed by lone mothers (The Office for National Statistics, 2012) Forty eight percent of all children born today will experience the breakdown of their parents’ relationship. (Centre for Social Justice, May 2012) 39% of school teachers claim to have been abused with sexual swearing and 75% of pupils are aiming sexually abusive swearing at each other. (A Serious Business: NUT & University of Warwick Survey, 2006) There were 50,552 children on child-protection registers or the subject of child-protection plans in the UK by the end of March 2011. This has increased from 32,492 in 2006. (NSPCC Inform, 2012) A 50% increase in the number of people over the age of 65 is forecast – 12.9 million by 2030. Today there are 5.3 people of working age to help pay for every citizen who is 70-plus. By 2030 that will have dropped to 3.7. (Daily Telegraph 27 August 2012)

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 2
Number of Pages:: 80
Release Date:: 2012-11-12
Publication Date:: 2012-11-12
Publisher:: Maranatha Community
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 095657176X

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