Playing outside is an occasional treat. So beset are your mum and dad by fears of paedophiles, predatory dogs, urban foxes and rogue juggernauts they don’t dare let you out of their sight. That means you spend ages online, leaving yourself open to bullying from which you can never escape because the notion of simply switching off the machinery seems unconscionable.
Fling into the mix your parents’ financial woes, aired in front of you in tones of direst doom throughout the recession and the fact that their relationship is under threat as a result and you fear becoming a “suitcase kid” and it’s hardly surprising thousands of British children under-10 are being treated for depression...read more>>>...
