Parents are worrying more about drug and alcohol use by their teenage daughters than the more prevalent “mental anguish” they face every day, a survey has suggested.
Young girls said mental health, cyberbullying and jobs were the biggest worries in their lives and an increasing number considered self-harm and depression as the most significant health issues facing their peers, above drug or alcohol abuse.
Sarah Brennan, the chief executive of mental health charityYoungMinds, said the findings of Girlguiding’s girls’ attitude survey 2015 were a wake-up call and highlighted the mental anguish so many girls face every day.
According to the survey, most girls (58%) aged 13 to 21 believed mental health was a serious concern, while more than a third (37%) said they were worried about cyberbullying and 36% said they fretted about not being able to get a job.
Teenage girls felt misunderstood by adults, saying their parents worried more about drug and alcohol use than mental illness.
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