The good childhood report 2025: youth summary

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Report

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Publication date

October 23, 2025

Summary:

Our Good Childhood Report 2025 shows the latest trends in children's wellbeing. Our research seeks to understand how young people feel about different aspects of their lives. This year’s Good Childhood Report reveals that too many young people are unhappy with their lives. 9% of the children and young people who completed our survey in 2025 had low wellbeing. Alarmingly, children’s average happiness was significantly lower than when we started the survey started for all six aspects of life.

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Link

https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/professionals/resources/good-childhood-report-2025

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