Modern life 'has turned children into loners' | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Children are struggling to make friends at school because they spend too long playing computer games and listening to MP3 players, according to teachers.
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According to teachers a rise in solitary activities has coincided with a decline in playground interaction
An increase in "solitary pastimes" has damaged children's social skills and fuelled feelings of loneliness among a generation of young people, they say.
Today's report says that 59 per cent of primary teachers had witnessed bullying in the last 12 months and 55 per cent saw children meting out physical violence on another pupil. A further 71 per cent of teachers witnessed young children verbally abusing a peer. Alarmingly, the majority of staff said anti-social behaviour among five to 11-year-olds was as bad or worse compared to when they started teaching.
The conclusions come as experts say that aspects of modern life are having a damaging impact on children, leading to depression, behavioural problems and developmental conditions such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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