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**b3JOkwXL** · 02-14-2007, 02:27 PM

The USA & UK comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries. Unicef looked at 40 indicators from the years 2000-2003 including poverty, family relationships, and health.

1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom

In the UK the Children's Commissioner for England, Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, said: "We are turning out a generation of young people who are unhappy, unhealthy, engaging in risky behaviour, who have poor relationships with their family and their peers, who have low expectations and don't feel safe."

Colette Marshall, UK director of Save the Children, said it was "shameful" to see the UK at the bottom of the table.

BBC NEWS | UK | UK is accused of failing children

What is the American take on why America is performing so badly?

02-14-2007, 02:27 PM	#1
b3JOkwXL Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	USA & Uk bottom of Unicef child well-being table The USA & UK comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries. Unicef looked at 40 indicators from the years 2000-2003 including poverty, family relationships, and health. 1. Netherlands 2. Sweden 3. Denmark 4. Finland 5. Spain 6. Switzerland 7. Norway 8. Italy 9. Republic of Ireland 10. Belgium 11. Germany 12. Canada 13. Greece 14. Poland 15. Czech Republic 16. France 17. Portugal 18. Austria 19. Hungary 20. United States 21. United Kingdom In the UK the Children's Commissioner for England, Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, said: "We are turning out a generation of young people who are unhappy, unhealthy, engaging in risky behaviour, who have poor relationships with their family and their peers, who have low expectations and don't feel safe." Colette Marshall, UK director of Save the Children, said it was "shameful" to see the UK at the bottom of the table. BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK is accused of failing children What is the American take on why America is performing so badly?
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