The report, which focuses on childhood and friendships, found that allowing young people time in unsupervised settings helped them develop positive relationships.
The findings are the first to be released from The Children's Society's Good Childhood Inquiry, which was launched in September last year. They are based on a study by market research group GfK NOP.
The evidence gathered showed that professionals felt it was important for young people to have opportunities to develop friendships and relationships with others outside the family. Young people felt friends were a valuable source of support, and valued trustworthiness, humour, kindness and similarity.
Tim Linehan, director of campaigns at The Children's Society, said: "Although we are not releasing any recommendations yet, friendships are really important to young people and this is often underestimated by adults."
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