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BBC News image copyrightJupiter Images / Heide Benser They are not likely to get seriously ill with Covid and there have been very few deaths. But children are still the victims of the virus - and our response to it - in many other ways. From increasing rates of mental health problems to concerns about rising levels of abuse and neglect and the potential harm being done to the development of babies, the pandemic is threatening to have a devastating legacy on the nation's young. 'Closing schools closes lives' The closure of schools is, of course, damaging to children's education. But schools a...

PM faces questions over Covid toll The UK’s official Covid death toll passed 100,000 yesterday, stoking pressure on Boris Johnson to explain the loss of life. Richard Murray, chief executive of the King’s Fund, said it is “almost impossible to believe that a wealthy island nation with a universal healthcare system” would have “one of the highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic”. The PM said he was “deeply sorry” that so many had died, adding: “it’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic”. 2 Republicans vote against impeachment Donald Trump�...

Social media triggers sharp declines in teenagers' mental health, causing the most damage to the self-esteem of girls aged 14 to 17, a new study has found. Research from the Education Policy Institute and the Prince's Trust found wellbeing and self-esteem levels are similar in boys and girls at the end of primary school. However, while the mental wellbeing of both genders begins to drop in their teens, girls see a far greater decrease once they reach 14, according to research of around 5,000 young people born around the year 2000.  While around one in seven girls reported being unhappy with ...

news Social media 'damage teens' mental health' © Getty Images Teenagers' mental health is being damaged by heavy social media use, a report has found. Research from the Education Policy Institute and The Prince's Trust said wellbeing and self-esteem were similar in all children of primary school age. Boys and girls' wellbeing is affected at the age of 14, but girls' mental health drops more after that, it found. A lack of exercise is another contributing factor - exacerbated by the pandemic, the study said. One in three girls was unhappy with their personal appearance by the age of 14, com...

Social media use doubles number of girls unhappy with their appearance by the age of 14 , study finds Research suggests 'heavy use' is negatively impacting young peoples’ self-esteem, regardless of their existing state of mental health 27 January 2021 • 12:08am The number of girls unhappy with their appearance doubles by the age of 14 due to “heavy social media use”, researchers have found.  Research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Prince's Trust found that wellbeing and self-esteem are similar in boys and girls at the end of primary school. However, while both decl...