Survey highlights parent concerns that children are forced to grow up too quickly

A survey of over 1,000 parents of all backgrounds has revealed that 88 per cent think that children are under pressure to grow up too quickly.

Specific concerns include:

• clothes should be age appropriate and not simply scaled-down versions of adult fashion;
• the increasingly sexualised content in music videos and pre-watershed TV with ‘too adult’ themes in some soap operas; and
• pressure to buy non-essential items for children so they don’t feel left out.

See the Department of Education website for more information.