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Ellie Hutchings

Which is the happiest generation? Gen Z and Millennials are less happy than their parents, new research shows

A young girl looking out of a window on a rainy day.

Young people are becoming less happy than older generations, new research shows, as the UK falls in happiness rankings. And it's a trend that could affect future generations too.

Parents everywhere want to know how to raise happy kids, but it can be made a whole lot more difficult by the things that are going on in the world around us. In alarming news, recent research has revealed that teenagers in the UK feel 'hopeless' about their futures and believe their lives will be worse than their parents', while the latest data from The World Happiness Report has shown that happiness among adolescents and young adults is in decline, and they are now more miserable than older generations.

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