In the News podcast: Irish Times social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland analyses landmark ESRI report into the lives of our teenagers
The Economic and Social Research Institute study warns increased emotional issues are negatively impacting young people’s relations with their parents – particularly mothers.
Irish teenagers, particularly girls, have fewer friends and increased emotional difficulties when compared to teenagers a decade ago, according to a landmark report published this week. The Economic and Social Research Institute study warned increased emotional issues are also negatively impacting young people’s relations with their parents – particularly mothers – and their engagement with education.
The study focused on a ten year period when people became increasingly reliant on digital devices while also living through a pandemic. So, how much is technology and unlimited access to smartphones to blame for the social anxieties of our young people?Women need to work extra eight years to make up pensions gap - report findsToday on In the News, how the lives of 13-year-olds have changed dramatically in the past decade.
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