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根据以下材料,回答题Text 2
Miserabilists'fearofchange;idealists'hopeforabetterworld;anall-purposeadultnostalgiaforlostyouth:allthesethingsensureareadyhearingforclaimsthatchildhoodisincrisis.Britonsareespeciallyworried.Theyfearthattheyoungtodayaresadder
thanpreviousgenerations--stressed,andturnedofflearningbytoomuchtesting.Childrenmaybenastieraswell:bullyingisan"epidemic"inschools,accordingtoonerecentsurvey.Theyseemindangerlikeneverbefore.
NowonderareportpublishedonFebruary2ndbytheChildren'sSociety,entitled"AGoodChildhood",claimingthatfartoofewBritishchildrenhaveone,hasreceivedwidespreadnotice.Childrensuffer
becauseadultsputtheirownneedsfirst,thepanelconcluded,andonlyawholesaleshiftawayfromcompetitivenessandindividualismcansavethem.Right-wingcommentatorsagreedwithitscriticismofsingleparentsandworkingmothers,left-wingoneswithitscallformoreredis-tributionofincomeandless-advertisingtochildren.Bothoverlookedonestrikingfinding:thatmostchildrenaredoingjustfine.
Amidthestatisticsonteenagepregnancyrates(higherthanelsewhereinEurope,lowerthaninAmerica),mentalillness(atenthof5-16-year-oldsaresufferers)anddrunkenness(athirdof13-15-year-oldshavebeendrunkatleasttwice,asharethreetimeshigherthantheEuropeanaver-age),camesomemorehearteningfigures:70%ofll-16-year-oldssaytheyarevery,orcom-pletely,happy,andonly4%saythattheyareatallunhappy.Thereportrollsthelatterinwiththe9%ofchildrenwhodescribethemselvesasneitherhappynorunhappy
toclaimthat13%are"lessthanhappy".Butclearly,veryfewchildrenagreewithadultsthattheyareindeeptrouble.
In"ReclaimingChildhood",HeleneGuldberg,achildpsychologistattheOpenUniversity,examinesthesamefactsanddrawsdifferentconclusions.Risingratesofmentalillnessamongtheyoung,she
argues,reflectreadierdiagnosis,andbullyinghasincreasedbecausethewordisnowusedtomeantheinflictionofeventheslightestemotionalbruise.Shethinksmanyattemptstoim-prove
children'slives,suchasanti-bullyingcampaigns,andtheparentinglessonsproposedbytheChildren'sSociety,arelikelytobecounterproductive."Suggestingthatallparentsneedtobetaughthowtodotheirjobriskscreating
aself-fulfillingbeliefinparents'incompetenceandchildren'slackofresilience,"shesays.
BritainisnoUtopia,ofcourse.Asinotherrichcountries,childrenfindittooeasytositin-doors,staringatscreensandovereating.TheylacktheprotectionaffordedbytheNordicbeliefinthe
sacrednessofoutdoorplay,orthesharedfamilymealsofMediterraneancountries.Alargemi-norityapetheirelders'drinkinghabitsandafew,butstilltoomany,becomeparentswhilestill
childrenthemselves.
BritonsareworriedaboutthefollowingEXCEPTthat A.children'slearningiscrammedwithtoomuchtesting.
B.theyareconfrontedwithalotofhardshipsintheirlife.
C.thereismoreandmoreschoolviolenceinBritaintoday.
D.youngBritonstodayaresadderthanpreviousgenerations.
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