The Good Childhood Report 2018 highlighting children’s mental health and well-being has been released by The Children’s Society.
The report found nearly a quarter of children said they heard jokes or comments about other people’s bodies or looks all the time at school, which made girls feel worse about their appearance and less happy with their life as a whole, although the same pattern did not apply to boys.
The research also found both boys and girls could be harmed by the pressures of gender stereotypes. Children who felt boys should be tough and girls should have nice clothes were least happy with life, according to the study.
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