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| The proportion of young teenagers who have smoked, drank alcohol or taken drugs appears to be dropping, with attitudes hardening against the habits, figures suggest. ‘As well as a reduction in the percentage who say they partake in these behaviours, a shrinking number think that drinking and drunkenness is acceptable among their peers,’ [said Tim Straughan, chief executive of the NHS information centre]. Colin Shevills, director of Balance said: ‘In many ways our young people are setting us an example.’ | |
| Young People | Salvationist 6 August 2011 |
| According to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), the sexier girls look in their Facebook pictures the more likely they are to be targeted by adult predators. The latest figures show that in 2010 the organisation received 6,291 reports, a rise of 880 on the previous year. Parents say that along with mobile phones, Facebook is the most difficult thing to say no to with many giving in from fear their children will lose out socially. | |
| Young People | Families First July/August 2011 |
| The independent Bailey Review of Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood, commissioned by the Department for Education, has just published a survey which found that 88% of parents of five to 16-year-olds believe children are under pressure to grow up too quickly. It also found that nearly half of parents are unhappy with programmes or adverts on TV before the 9pm watershed. Specific areas of parental concern were that clothes weren’t age appropriate, and there was increasingly sexualised content in music videos and pre-watershed TV, which has ‘too adult’ themes in some soap operas. | |
| Young People | The Universe May 1 2011 |
| Increased life expectancy is to blame for the decline in young people attending church, reported a number of newspapers. According to the papers, researchers claim that teenagers and people in their twenties are not afraid of death and the prospect of long life encourages them to postpone practising religion. The researchers’ study suggests that churches will continue to attract older congregations unless they do more to highlight the benefits of faith to people of all ages. Over the past 50 years church attendance in Britain has consistently declined. | |
| Young People | The War Cry May 7 2011 |
| The Catholic Church has backed proposals by an MP which could see teenage girls being taught the benefits of sexual abstinence to help decrease Britain’s high teenage pregnancy rate. Conservative Nadine Dorries said that while secondary school pupils were shown how to put condoms on bananas and to self-diagnose sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), they should also be told “how to say no”. “Society is saturated in sex,” said Ms Dorries, “We need to let young girls know that to say no to sex when you’re under pressure is a cool thing to do.” | |
| Young People | The Universe May 15 2011 |
| A British teenager became the youngest climber in the world to conquer the Seven Summits when he reached the peak of Mount Everest on May 26th. George Atkinson, aged 16, from Surrey, realised his dream at around 3:30am on the 26th of May, when he made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain. He is also understood to be the youngest Briton to stand atop the Himalayan summit. George, who turned 17 three days later, had climbed the three highest peaks in the UK by the age of seven. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel May 27 2011 |
| A third of young people don’t think that buying something on a credit card counts as spending money, according to a survey carried out by Barclays. The bank is about to launch a Money Skills programme for 16-24 year-olds after the survey revealed that just 4% could recall receiving financial advice or guidance on how to manage their money from their school or college. One third admitted to regularly running out of money and the same number admitted to using the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ regularly. Most – 90% - rely on their parents and/or friends for financial advice. | |
| Young People | Youthwork, May 2011 |
| A disturbing number of children - some as young as 11 - are taking pornographic images of themselves and swapping them with friends via text messages or the internet, experts warn. A survey reveals that 40 per cent of 11 to 14-year-olds have used their mobile phones or computer to send pictures of themselves or received naked or topless images of friends. And more than half of youngsters who sent these images - a trend known as 'sexting' - did so knowing the pictures would be passed on to a number of recipients. And four in ten of the 11,000 children surveyed thought it was 'appropriate' to circulate pictures of topless girls in their school. Sexting is a criminal offence - for those of any age - under the Child Trafficking And Pornography Act. | |
| Young People | Daily Mail March 18th 2011 |
| University students have been filmed drinking lethal amounts of alcohol in a com¬petition to see who can end up in hospital first. The shocking contest only ends when one student either vomits or has to seek medical attention. Participants have been branded suicidal idiots by health experts, who warned they could be inflicting lasting liver damage on themselves. The students, from the University of Manchester's Owens Park halls of residence, knocked back pints of a strong home¬made green concoction they called "The Hulk'. The cocktail, which is mixed in a bucket, contains 12 litres of liquid made of one part vodka and two parts of the alcopop WKD, blended with an energy drink. It contains almost 100 units of alcohol - four times the recommended maximum weekly allowance for a man. Professor Roger Williams, who treated alcoholic football legend George Best before his death in 2005, called on the Government to take further action to stop the rise in binge drinking among young people. | |
| Young People | Daily Mail March 14th 2011 |
| Skins co-creator Brian Elsley says the show ‘is actually a very serious attempt to get to the roots of young people’s lives’. The show, about the lives of teenagers from a fictitious Bristol College, has created a storm of controversy in the US, with at least five major sponsors pulling advertising around an American remake of the series. The show deals with relationships, sexual activity, drug use, death and mental health, and Elsley says ‘these are characterised from the point of view of the many young people who write the show and has a very straightforward approach to their experiences; it tries to tell the truth. Sometimes that truth can be a little painful to adults and parents.’ Meanwhile, US TV watchdog the Parents Television Council has declared that ‘Skins may well be the most dangerous television show for children that we have ever seen.’ | |
| Young People | Youthwork, March 2011 |
| Twelve councils in England are performing poorly overall in providing children’s services, figures from Government regulator Ofsted revealed. A dozen local authorities are not meeting minimum requirements, according to the latest annual assessments. The local authorities judged to be performing poorly include Birmingham, Calderdale, Doncaster, Essex, Kent, Leeds, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Salford, Sandwell, Torbay and Worcestershire. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel December 9, 2010 |
| In early October, Peter Tatchell repeated his demand for a lower age of consent and also called for more explicit sex education. His comments have been slammed by critics. Broadcaster and writer Jon Guant said it was ridiculous to consider lowering the age of consent to 14, adding that most people in the UK would agree. | |
| Young People | Evangelicals Now, December 2010 |
| A study has revealed that British parents are becoming increasingly relaxed about their children drinking alcohol and taking drugs. One-third of the 3,000 parents surveyed stated that it wouldn’t concern them if their child smoked cannabis. Almost as many believed that experimenting with drugs was a normal part of growing-up. Most would allow their children an occasional drink at home from the age of 13 and 10% were happy for their children to drink regularly from the age of 16. On the issue of sexuality, most agreed with the law, stating that they wouldn’t be happy with their children having sex before the age of 16. However, there were wide regional differences with a fifth of Londoners being unconcerned about their child becoming sexually active at the age of 13. | |
| Young People | Youthwork December 2010 |
| The Archbishop of York has warned young people against worship – the worship of celebrity culture as a path to success. Dr John Sentamu advises the current generation to turn their backs on violence and towards creating their own opportunities. | |
| Young People | Church of England Newspaper October 22, 2010 |
| Young people are not hostile towards the Church but they feel religion is irrelevant to daily living says the Church of England. A five-year study of more than 300 young people aged eight to 23 revealed that 43 per cent do not know what to think about God. Only 22 per cent believe in a God whom they can know personally, while 12 per cent do not believe in the existence of God at all. | |
| Young People | The War Cry - October 16, 2010 |
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