Child Well-Being in Rich Countries

UNICEF are in the headlines today following the publication of their latest 'Report Card' which examines the well-being of children in industrialised countries. The new publication ranks the UK <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/10/children-bleaker-future-coalition-unicef" target="_blank">16th out of 29 developed countries</a> for overall wellbeing, although it also suggests that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22088267" target="_blank">children's lives have improved</a> since a similar UNICEF report in 2007.<br /><br />If you'd like to read the full report, you can do so by <a href="http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc11_eng.pdf" target="_blank">clicking here</a>; a summary version containing the key messages is <a href="http://www.unicef.org.uk/Images/Campaigns/Report%20card%20briefing2b.pdf" target="_blank">also available</a>. For further reading, you may want to look at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22087974" target="_blank">this opinion article</a> or the <a href="http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/series/16/" target="_blank">full list of previous UNICEF report cards</a>, while only last week the Office of National Statistics published its own short report: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171766_304416.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Children's Well-Being, 2013</i></a>. Or you could view all previous posts on this site relating to children's well-being by <a href="http://bcftcschildhoodeducation.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/wellbeing" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKtSiHRgkgXm5ZnsgslM-YbaUn3CNblAJwSfqVY3qDUrZLx4oc8DI05Cp1gqCaEw7xEmnG1Kx4iWQrdm1WO5N3WoGRvc3DnRskwWQdpVDJtnGZmUaXuW44wDbe7u8EmjZG1oFimKynA/s1600/ChildEating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKtSiHRgkgXm5ZnsgslM-YbaUn3CNblAJwSfqVY3qDUrZLx4oc8DI05Cp1gqCaEw7xEmnG1Kx4iWQrdm1WO5N3WoGRvc3DnRskwWQdpVDJtnGZmUaXuW44wDbe7u8EmjZG1oFimKynA/s200/ChildEating.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />

Child Well-Being in Rich Countries

UNICEF are in the headlines today following the publication of their latest 'Report Card' which examines the well-being of children ...

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Play in the Snow

This is possibly a few days late now that spring seems to be (finally!) on the way, but below is an archive 1945 film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica which provides advice for children on how to play safely in the snow, and also has ideas for fun activities. The film might be almost 70 years old, but the sledging section which begins at 05.37 looks almost identical to the scene in my local park during the first snowfall back in January...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="252" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/96_Iyl3-krs?list=UUV78nuSmJxTtHaD4wnzPJkA" width="448"></iframe>

Play in the Snow

This is possibly a few days late now that spring seems to be (finally!) on the way, but below is an archive 1945 film produced by Encycloped...

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