Pressures of consumerism make children depressed - The Times 26th February 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Pressure on children to have the latest designer clothes and computer games is making them miserable, according to a study of modern childhood. It concludes that the consumer society and failure to protect children from commercial pressures is partly to blame for deteriorating mental health among young people. Rates of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses have risen in the past two decades with one in ten children now suffering from a diagnosable condition.

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