Statistics published by mental health charity Young Minds showed that, of the 2,863 calls to its parents information service in 2007/08, a total of 46 per cent were from parents worried about 12- to 16-year-olds. Slightly more than a quarter of callers had concerns about six- to 11-year-olds. A total of six per cent of callers were worried about children up to the age of five. Almost a third of callers had concerns about a...


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