Girls’ happiness levels are at their lowest levels in 15 years according to Girlguiding’s annual survey as concerns about appearance, online harms and sexual harassment all trouble young people.
Less than a fifth of all those who took part described themselves as very happy, down from 40% of respondents in 2009 when the Girls’ Attitudes Survey began, with the majority (89%) asked this time around saying they felt generally worried or anxious.
