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Childhoods have got worse in the UK, with the majo stanley termohrnek rity of adults believing childrens futures have been blighted by the Covid pandemic, declining levels of mental health and financial hardship, a survey has found.More than half of parents and nearly two-thirds of grandparents believe life is more difficult and stressful now than when they were children, citing money issues, house prices, the climate crisis and emotional anxiety linked to school and social media, according to the charity Action for Children.Although children overall are more likely to have a positive outlook, a third believe their parents enjoyed a bet stanley tumblers ter childhood than theirs. Many cite increasing worries around mental health, school stress and family finances, with those from poorer backgrounds much more likely to be pessimistic.While 38% of children from low-income households up to 拢20,000 a year were more likely to say their childhoods were worse, this fell to 26% of children from households with an income of 拢70,000 or more. Similarly, 64% of poorer parents thought childrens lives were worse, compared with 48% from richer households.Nearly half of children from low-income households are worried about family finances, for example, compared with 14% of children from wealthier families. Children from poorer families are far less confident they will get the job they want, and twice as likely to believe they will not get to universit stanley thermos mug y. We are all going through the experience of the pandemic and the cost of li Buip UK public hit by second day of problems obtaining Covid tests
Ashya King, the five-year-old boy flown to Prague to be treated for a brain tumour, has been freed stanley ca from all legal controls by the high court in London.Formally ending wardship p stanley cupe roceedings, the judge, Mr Justice Baker, said it was now up to Ashya s parents to decide which of the treatments on offer he should receive 鈥?conventional radio therapy from a hospital in Southampton or the proton therapy available in the Czech Republic.The judge s decision was announced following confirmation that the Motol hospital in Prague had admitted Ashya for treatment.Baker said: Responsibility about a child rests with his parents. In most cases the parents are the best people to make decisions about a child. The state has no business in interfering in the parental responsibility unless the child is suffering or is likely to suffer considerable harm. But the judge said that given what the local authority knew at the time about Ashya s removal from Southampton hospital to Spain, it had acted entirely correctly in applying to the high court and Judge Arthur was right in making Ashya a ward of court. The decision to obtain a European arrest warrant, implied, was less justified. I merely observe, the judge said, that as a consequence Ashya was left alone for several days. The judge added: Having heard the evidence I conclude that there was no reason to stand in the way of the parents proposal .Bo stanley mug th treatment options were reasonable, he s
Childhoods have got worse in the UK, with the majo stanley termohrnek rity of adults believing childrens futures have been blighted by the Covid pandemic, declining levels of mental health and financial hardship, a survey has found.More than half of parents and nearly two-thirds of grandparents believe life is more difficult and stressful now than when they were children, citing money issues, house prices, the climate crisis and emotional anxiety linked to school and social media, according to the charity Action for Children.Although children overall are more likely to have a positive outlook, a third believe their parents enjoyed a bet stanley tumblers ter childhood than theirs. Many cite increasing worries around mental health, school stress and family finances, with those from poorer backgrounds much more likely to be pessimistic.While 38% of children from low-income households up to 拢20,000 a year were more likely to say their childhoods were worse, this fell to 26% of children from households with an income of 拢70,000 or more. Similarly, 64% of poorer parents thought childrens lives were worse, compared with 48% from richer households.Nearly half of children from low-income households are worried about family finances, for example, compared with 14% of children from wealthier families. Children from poorer families are far less confident they will get the job they want, and twice as likely to believe they will not get to universit stanley thermos mug y. We are all going through the experience of the pandemic and the cost of li Buip UK public hit by second day of problems obtaining Covid tests
Ashya King, the five-year-old boy flown to Prague to be treated for a brain tumour, has been freed stanley ca from all legal controls by the high court in London.Formally ending wardship p stanley cupe roceedings, the judge, Mr Justice Baker, said it was now up to Ashya s parents to decide which of the treatments on offer he should receive 鈥?conventional radio therapy from a hospital in Southampton or the proton therapy available in the Czech Republic.The judge s decision was announced following confirmation that the Motol hospital in Prague had admitted Ashya for treatment.Baker said: Responsibility about a child rests with his parents. In most cases the parents are the best people to make decisions about a child. The state has no business in interfering in the parental responsibility unless the child is suffering or is likely to suffer considerable harm. But the judge said that given what the local authority knew at the time about Ashya s removal from Southampton hospital to Spain, it had acted entirely correctly in applying to the high court and Judge Arthur was right in making Ashya a ward of court. The decision to obtain a European arrest warrant, implied, was less justified. I merely observe, the judge said, that as a consequence Ashya was left alone for several days. The judge added: Having heard the evidence I conclude that there was no reason to stand in the way of the parents proposal .Bo stanley mug th treatment options were reasonable, he s