Changing Childhoods, Changing Lives

A new report from Barnardo’s highlights some of the biggest challenges facing children and young people today and explain how they’re driving the change they need now and in the years to come.

As part of this report, Barnardo’s commissioned a YouGov poll of 1,001 children aged 14-17 across Great Britain. They were asked to imagine themselves aged 30 and answer a set of questions about what their lives would be like at that age.

• 55% of children responding believe that their generation will not be as well off as their parents.
• 34% think their own children will be even worse off than they are.
• 61% don’t think they’ll own their own house – 24% think they’ll still be at home with their parents and 10% in shared accommodation.