(sad but true) the state of news in the US - the UNICEF child welfare study

[underpants]

Okay here are the headlines from around the globe (can't find the LBN thread here)

UK, US rank last in children's report
US, Britain rank last in child well-being
US, Britain rank last in child welfare survey
US, Britain rank near bottom in UN child survey
US and UK worst places in developed world to be a child


and now............ FOX NEWS

Unicef Study Shows British Children Are Unhappiest in the Western World


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252039,00.html


LONDON — Britain’s children are the unhappiest in the West, according to a Unicef study of 21 industrialized countries.
Not only do they drink the most, smoke more and have more sex than their peers, they rate their health as the poorest, dislike school more and are among the least satisfied with life. Their relative poverty, the lack of time spent eating meals with their parents and mistrust of classmates mean that Britain languishes at the bottom of the wellbeing league table. As a result, says Jonathan Bradshaw, one of the authors of Report Card 7: an Overview of Child Wellbeing in Rich Countries, Britain is a “picture of neglect”.
READ ON :rofl: too funny

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. ??

:rofl: ??

[underpants]

2. sadly funny

is what that meant