Poor mental health has become "part and parcel" of childhood for many children, England's Children's Commissioner says. Anne Longfield says there is currently a children's mental health epidemic. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Afternoon Edition, she said help to support these children was not in place and young people today were exposed to a lot of pressures.
"We know that children are bombarded with these unattainable lifestyles that they see from celebrities and online alike and they just can't compete. It's as if there's been a narrowing down of what success looks like. You have to look good, you have to be successful, it has to come quick. And then of course we've got the digital world over the last ten years, not I believe, causing these things, but fuelling these things.”
