Research conducted for Action for Children's Growing Strong campaign found that poor emotional resilience and wellbeing in childhood severely holds children back and significantly impacts on social mobility later in life. This is particularly marked for the most vulnerable, who perhaps haven't had the same opportunities or support as their peers early on in life.
Building self-esteem can help lay the foundations that youngsters need to build a bright future.
Clare Tickell, chief executive, Action for Children
Role of positive stereotyping
The British Youth Council (BYC) welcomes Howard Williamson's column (CYP Now, 2-8 April), which highlighted how positive generalisations such as that of "Generation Einstein" can play their part in challenging negative media stereotyping and promoting positive images of young people.
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