There are half a million children in the UK who are unhappy with their lives, according to The Good Childhood Report 2012 published last Thursday. Launched by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, it warns that a generation of children will be ‘lost’ unless a radical new approach is taken to childhood in Britain. Compiled by the Children’s Society the report is based on interviews with more than 30,000 children aged eight to 16. It says nine per cent of children have ‘low wellbeing’ – a percentage that equates to 500,000 children and the figure increases as children get older. The family has the biggest influence on levels of happiness, with children more likely to feel happy if there is harmony in the home and if they have an experience of loving relationships between family members. Children who felt listened to and involved in making decisions within the family also had a ‘significantly’ higher level of wellbeing.

Pray: for children who are in ‘unstable’ home lives and pray for more government policy to include the recognition of stable marriages as the basis of family life. (Ps.68:6a)

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