Children play at a Rights Respecting School Nursery in London. © UNICEF UK/2008/Caroline Irby
Children and young people in the UK think they don’t get to spend enough time with their families and feel under pressure to have the latest toys, gadgets and clothes.
This is according to an
important report on child well-being (how happy, healthy and satisfied children are) published today by UNICEF UK.
We published the report because we wanted to find out about child well-being, how children see inequality (the differences between different people's lives) and materialism (the idea that money and things you can buy are really important).
UNICEF UK has done lots of research in the past which has shown that children in the UK aren't as happy and well off as children in other countries. We wanted to find out why this is the case.
We spoke to children and parents from three countries - the UK, Spain and Sweden. We talked to a range of children from different types of families while they were in school. The children we spoke to were aged from 8 to 12. The families we spoke to had children of all ages, from babies, to older teenagers.
Read the children's summary of the report Tagd blogs: Find out more about the report (UNICEF UK site)