A new independent study sponsored by the Church of England rates the well-being of British and American children as worst among the world’s wealthiest nations.
More than 35,000 people contributed to the study, which concludes that rampant individualism and social irresponsibility have damaged the children of both societies.
Concentrating its criticism on Britain, the report cites evidence that “some of the worst rates of child unhappiness, poverty, family breakdown and child violence in the Western world” prevail in the United Kingdom.
The above headline is the one chosen by the local paper yesterday for this story. We have covered this before, but it is interesting to see how the American press is choosing to cover it. Read it all .
“The study, titled “A Good Childhood,” calls for “a radical shift away from the excessively individualistic ethos that now prevails to an ethos where the constant question is, ‘What would we do if our aim was a world based on love?’ ”
It is nice when research affirms what the church is doing.
This is not quite the same as, “As long as it doesn’t bother me, it’s none of my business.”