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Our children are at breaking point – and it’s our fault

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

I think it’s time we stopped scaring the children. I think they’ve had enough. They’re at breaking point now, every generation more anxious than the last – and anxious younger, too. There’s a record number of British children diagnosed with anxiety, and a record wait – two years – for therapy, though I’m not at all sure the therapy as it is helps much.

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