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| More than 33,000 girls under the legal age of consent have been provided with long-acting contraceptive implants or hormonal injections by NHS sexual health clinics over the last four years. | |
| Young People | CARE - 27th July 2015 |
| Muscular Christianity always argued that sporting ideas of fair play improved a pupil’s moral fibre. But a new study has revealed that children who sing in a choir are more likely to make good moral choices. The study, carried out by researchers at the Jubilee Centre (an academic unit at Birmingham University), involved 10,000 British children and 250 teachers….Overall just 42.6 per cent of the teenagers’ responses matched the more moral options chosen by the panel. Girls out performed boys with a 47 per cent match compared with only 37 per cent…Those who sang in choirs or took part in other musical activities outside school were 17 per cent more likely to choose the more moral options than who did not. Drama groups delivered students who scored 14 per cent better on average while those involved in photography or art groups also fared better. | |
| Young People | ThirdWay April 2015 |
| New research suggests that young people who binge drink may damage their brain development. The study says that this could lead to them being more prone to psychiatric disorders, including alcoholism, in later life. In experiments on rats, evidence showed that intermittent doses of alcohol during adolescent development effectively changed the shape of the animals’ DNA. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – June 2015 |
| New research has shown that young people are sharing and viewing images of self-harm online in huge numbers. The study of over 2,000 young people carried out by ChildLine, YouthNet, SelfharmUK and YoungMinds, showed that over half of 11-14 year-olds said they would share images of self-harm on social media. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – May 2015 |
| Children under the age of 12 should be able to access assisted suicide, doctors in the Netherlands have said. Under the country's current laws, those aged between 12 and 16 can be helped to kill themselves if they are able to express their will, have parental permission, are terminally ill and suffering unbearably. But the Dutch Paediatricians Association says that the current age limit should be scrapped. Neighbouring Belgium already allows euthanasia for children of all ages. | |
| Young People | Christian Concern - 27th June 2015 |
| Under new licensing rules, girls under the age of 16 – i.e. below the age of consent – will be able to obtain the morning after pill from pharmacies across the UK for the first time. A girl hoping to buy the pill will be asked whether she is willing to tell her parents that she has had unprotected sex, or if not, whether she is willing for somebody else to tell them. The pharmacist then makes a determination as to whether the girl is able to comprehend the consequences of her decision. | |
| Young People | CARE Impact Direct - 19th June 2015 |
| Children have a ‘natural inclination for prayer’, regardless of whether their parents have an active or non-existent faith, according to new research. The study, by Christian Research for Scripture Union, maintains that children treated prayer as a conversation and expect real and immediate responses from God. Rob Powys-Smith, from Christian Research, said: ‘In each of the focus groups, we had some expectations of how the children would respond. Their expectation to have their prayers answered was a challenge to those expectations. Prayer for them seems to be a very natural part of their journey of faith, whether or not they are active church goers.’ | |
| Young People | Bible Society - 5th June 2015 |
| Teenage pregnancy rates in Stoke on Trent are the second highest in Britain – despite a fall in the number of young mums in the City. Issued by the National Statistics they also show a drop in girls aged under 16 conceiving in the City. And among the under 16’s the data for 2013 shows the incidence is one in around 140. And in Stoke-on-Trent 58.6% of pregnant girls under 16 went on to have abortions – compared to 69.3% in Staffordshire and 61.6% nationally. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - March 11th 2015 |
| Just days before Mr Javid's announcement (see above), NSPCC ChildLine revealed the results of a survey in which a tenth of 12 to 13-year olds said they fear they are “addicted” to pornography. In addition, the survey found that one in five 12 to 13-year olds think that watching pornography is normal behaviour. | |
| Young People | Christian Concern - 11th April 2015 |
| A disturbing new study from the University of Swansea has revealed that just over 20% of students who participated in their study had considered entering the sex industry in some form. That it has become an option for students seeking to fund their way through university suggests a worrying normalisation of commercial sex within our society especially among young adults. | |
| Young People | CARE Impact Direct - 27th March 2015 |
| In the last year, 34,000 young people have told ChildLine that they considered ending their life, 116 per cent more than the previous year. Of these, 6,000 admitted to actually attempting suicide, a 43 per cent rise. Roughly 13 per cent of 11 to 16 year olds will try to hurt themselves intentionally. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - January 2015 |
| A survey by the Institute of Public Policy Research of 500 18 year olds revealed their views on sex and pornography. Here are some of the more interesting results: 61 per cent said ‘Adults are out of touch with the relationships of people my age.’ 68 per cent want sex education from a trained expert. 46 per cent agree that sending naked photos or videos is part of everyday life for teenagers. 77 per cent of young women thought that pornography put pressure on girls to look a certain way. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - October 2014 |
| A report by The Independent has revealed that teenage dating websites have been used by adults as old as 60. The ChildLine survey revealed that 29 per cent of under-16s who use dating sites have been in touch with someone over 18. Claire Lilley, head of online safety at the NSPCC, said they were ‘deeply disturbed that sexual predators could use teen dating apps and websites to target young people.’ | |
| Young People | Youthwork - October 2014 |
| A study has shown that teenage girls are twice as likely to be unhappy about their appearance as their male counterparts. Research by the Office for National Statistics found that 17 per cent of girls aged between 10 and 15 were unhappy with how they looked, compared to 8 per cent of boys. Experts linked this unhappiness to the rise in social media use and called for better education to build up self-esteem. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - December 2014 |
| A deeply concerning report released this week by the Internet Watch Foundation found a disturbing trend of young children appearing in and uploading sexually explicit videos and images online. 667 (17.5 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 images and videos identified in a three month period last year featured children who were 15 years old or younger. Of those, 286 were thought to be under 10. The report's authors noted that some content was uploaded to public internet sites knowingly by the children, but some appeared to be secretly recorded and posted by a third party. | |
| Young People | CARE Impact Direct - 13th March 2015 |
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