Poor families ‘lack emotional support not just cash’
Posted on December 7, 2009
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Fragile families in the UK face a shortage of emotional support and friendship as much as a lack of material support, says a think tank.
A report, Sinking and Swimming, published by the Young Foundation, looks at society’s “unmet needs”.
It warns that many families cannot provide support to help teenagers move successfully into adulthood.
It warns of a “brittle society, with many fractures and many people left behind”.
The report, backed by a group of 13 charities, argues that the services of the welfare state are no longer responding to the most pressing modern needs - which are now about social isolation and an absence of any functioning community support.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8399636.stm
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