{"id":2977,"date":"2022-03-18T00:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T00:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/culture-and-lifestyle\/2977\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T00:10:14","slug":"girls-face-more-pressure-to-be-a-perfect-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/culture-and-lifestyle\/2977\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls face more pressure to be a perfect teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Teenage girls get less sleep and exercise than boys, and are three times more likely to report problems with their mental health, a study suggests. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Those are some of the findings drawn from the experiences of nearly 40,000 teenagers in Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The young people worked with academics to design a questionnaire for the BeeWell research project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >It is believed to be the largest attempt to analyze the well-being of young people in a region and has a duration of three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Big leap in children in mental health crisis<\/li>\n<li>Social networks harm the mental health of adolescents, according to report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Saint, one of the Year 10 respondents, was not surprised that early results revealed some stark differences between the experiences of girls and boys. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Girls were three times more likely (22%) to report serious emotional difficulties than boys (7%). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Saint, who wants to be a scientist, gave up soccer because she was sick of feeling unwelcome as the only girl. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >She said: &#8220;I think a lot of it today is about looking good for other people, being who other people expect you to be: the perfect girl. Especially today when a lot of people are questioning who they are and their identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He said there was pressure to build a life that seemed busy, even if you didn&#8217;t have people you could adequately talk to in reality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Social media use was higher among girls, an average of 4.8 hours a day, and 46% reported not getting enough sleep. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The teens I spoke with said that social media could be a source of support, but it also increased pressures on girls around body image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Across town, Ruby, another Year 10, said trust was an issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;I think it&#8217;s clear, it&#8217;s more up to women to fight more. In my opinion, boys can be arrogant about the things they know and that brings other people down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >So, do children feel that they have more freedom? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Two Year 8 boys told me they thought that was true, especially in sport because the options for boys are wider. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Saad said he thought children had much more room to be &#8220;naughty&#8221; and fool around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Overall, a third of teens reported being active for an hour a day, including walking, but for girls, that dropped to just 26%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The researchers believe there may also be less room for children to express their vulnerability. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Ahmed, who doesn&#8217;t actually use social media, said: &#8220;As children, we express our emotions less, we are expected to be stoic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The research will be analyzed to show the differences in well-being between the different neighborhoods of the city region. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >That could be revealing in the contrast between the richest and most deprived areas, but also the many different communities in a large urban area. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Year 8 Maria, tugging shyly at her headscarf, told me that she was allowed to go alone to shops and to friends, but many other girls were not. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Lara Tang&#8217;s mental health care packages help young people<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s mental health has not improved since lockdown: survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Generational change in issues related to identity and gender is also evident in the study, with 2.7% identifying as gay or lesbian and another 7.7% as bisexual or pansexual. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Said Saint, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m really surprised at all. As celebrities, for example, have decided who they are, it&#8217;s become easier for young people to look at people they admire and think it&#8217;s okay to express themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Now it&#8217;s more common for people to wonder who they think they are at a younger age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Findings from this research suggest that teens who identify as gay or lesbian are twice as likely to be bullied in some way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Ahmed said, &#8220;If you&#8217;re LGBT, you might be harassed. I think identity plays a very important role in society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Professor Neil Humphrey, from the University of Manchester, said what made BeeWell different was the involvement of 150 teenagers in designing the research questions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The ideas have already been confidentially passed on to all participating high schools to inform their wellness policies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >A breakdown of the data by neighborhoods will be used to select some for future pilot projects in which young people will have a budget to improve local well-being. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;We&#8217;re about immediate impact and understanding of the lives of young people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-60785871?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenage girls get less sleep and exercise than boys, and are three times more likely to report problems with their mental health, a study suggests. 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