A major new study into the social lives of 11 to 18 year olds shows that their time outside school is increasingly home-based with limited access to places where they can meet up wit friends.
The social lives of many young people are dominated by long periods in front of screens playing games or watching television
Benjy Cunliffe told Metro.co.uk that he logged up to 10,000 hours playing on dozens of games for up to 10 hours a day before joining a Youth Zone run by the charity.Benjy, 16, has replaced screens with sport at the centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Volleyball and football are among his favourite activities at the purpose-built space, part of a network of Youth Zones being developed by the charity in some of the country’s most disadvantaged areas.
Benjy, who has two brothers and two sisters, is studying mechanical engineering at college with the aim of becoming a Formula 1 engineer‘I couldn’t be bothered going out and found I felt angry and frustrated. ‘My mental health is much better; I’m not focused on the bad things anymore, I think much more positively and I feel just naturally happy.’
‘While online communication is important and has some benefits, its dominance means young people are missing out on the face-to-face interactions that build social skills, confidence, self-esteem, resilience and empathy. The study follows the Princess of Wales highlighting the ‘vital’ need for community spaces to allow for real world interactions.
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