An ICM poll of more than 2,000 people revealed that 44 per cent of respondents agree that children in the UK are becoming feral and 47 per cent think young people are angry, violent and abusive.
A quarter also believe that by the age of 10 children who behave badly are beyond help. A further 38 per cent of those polled disagreed that children who get into trouble are in need of help.
Barnardo’s chief executive Anne Marie Carrie described the results as "depressing".
"What hope is there for childhood in the UK today if this is how adults think?" she said. "We seem to have forgotten the fact that most children are well behaved and instead we are unquestionably accepting a stereotype of young people as criminal and revolting.
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