Posted on 02/14/2007 3:56:18 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
Britain and the United States are the worst places in the industrialised world for children to live, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
They ranked among the bottom third in the study which looked at overall well-being, health and safety, education, relationships, risk and their own sense of well-being.
The study said that child poverty - defined as the percentage of children living in homes with incomes below 50 per cent of the national median - remains above the 15 per cent mark in Britain, the US and Ireland, as well as Spain, Portugal and Italy.
"The evidence from many countries persistently shows that children who grow up in poverty are more vulnerable," the report said, especially in terms of academic underachievement, chances of unemployment and low self-esteem.
Child well-being was rated highest in northern Europe, with the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark leading the list.
"All countries have weaknesses that need to be addressed and no country features in the top third of the rankings for all six dimensions," David Bull, the UK executive director of Unicef, said.
Risk behaviours
Britain lived up to its reputation for "binge-drinking," hazardous sexual activity and drug use, with the report putting the country at the bottom of the rankings for risk behaviours "by a considerable distance".
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Well, maybe we have a lot of single parents but the French practically have polygamy with all the married men having mistresses and wives being forced to turn a blind eye.
Well, both my sister-in-law and brother are raising their kids as single parents. Not only do their children have all the material wealth they need, they are much loved, protected and educated. I can't believe any kid would rather be raised in Holland than the good ole USA! Boring!
Idiots...
>>> Anything else stupid you'd like to add, Fritz?
yeah... stabilize your $ please - don't spend more then you have and ask Mr. Klinsmann if he'd like to teach you a proper sport.
Elect a president that has an eye on monetary politics.
And don't tell me the US helped in WWII because they wanted to save the jews.
Congratulations to your brain anyhow...
Bernanke should have listened much better to this guy.
They stood for nothing more then than they do today - you just get more insight into their socialist bias with different news sources.
Yep - and I should add, I'm still a fan of his today. The work of Rothbard, Hazlitt, Carson(not Rachel), Kirschner, and the rest are the voices of sanity in today's world.
On that last you are correct - but IMO we redeemed ourselves by supporting Israel in the 40s and beyond thanks to Truman, not FDR.
could it be the high concentration of liberals are at fault??
yup.
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