Anxiety, overweight and insufficient school knowledge: Even in the richest countries of the world, many children have to struggle with big problems. According to a UNICEF study, Germany is worse off than its neighbours. According to a UNICEF study, the life satisfaction of German children is lower than in other industrialised countries. According to the representative survey of the children's charity, 75 percent of 15-year-old girls and boys in Germany say that they are very satisfied with their lives. In the Netherlands the figure is 90 percent, in Switzerland 82 percent and in France 80 percent. The lowest value was measured in Turkey with 53 percent, followed by Japan and Great Britain. "75 percent is a good figure on the one hand, but you can also turn it around and say: one in four children is not very satisfied," said Rudi Tarneden, spokesperson for UNICEF Germany. "And that is just not so good by international comparison. He added that the fact that the parents of many German children are more driven by worry and fear than in other countries certainly played a role here. "If the adults don't convey much confidence, this is reflected in the children's attitudes. According to the study by the UNICEF research center Innocenti, Germany ranks 14th overall out of 41 OECD and EU countries studied in terms of child well-being. For the report, national data on children's mental and physical health as well as their school and social skills and the social framework conditions were evaluated. In the industrialized countries included in the report, children have to contend with mental problems as well as obesity and inadequate school knowledge. The proportion of children with obesity and overweight has increased in recent years: according to the study, about one in three children is either obese or overweight. In Germany, the proportion is 27 percent. About 40 percent of all children in EU and OECD countries do not have basic literacy and numeracy skills by age 15. Children in Bulgaria, Romania and Chile perform worst in this respect, while girls and boys in Estonia, Ireland and Finland perform best. UNICEF is also concerned about social skills: In most countries, one in five children has little confidence in their social ability to make new friends. Children in Chile, Japan and Iceland are the least confident in this regard. In Germany, only 72 percent of girls and boys say that they find it easy to make friends quickly. The highest suicide rate among young people - one of the main causes of death in the age group between 15 and 19 years in rich countries - is in Lithuania, followed by New Zealand and Estonia. Source: tagesschau.de CategoriesAll Family SELF DEVELOPMENT SHOPPING Archives October 2020 Related ArticlesComments are closed.
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