A new survey conducted by the National Working Committee of the
Chinese Young Pioneers reveals that Chinese youngsters are
suffering from stress and anxiety in their daily lives.
Thursday's Beijing Youth Daily reported that the study to
discover and understand children's inner worries, received 400,000
letters from across the nation.
Experts categorized the causes of anxiety into 28 groups, stressing
that adults could understand and help children only when they
realized their troubles.
According to the survey, young people are worried by either too
much or too little guidance from their parents, what they consider
to be improper methods used in their upbringing, problems at home
and at school caused by parental friction, communication barriers
with classmates, teachers, friends, and in society, the newspaper
revealed.
Some young respondents complained about social problems such as
inadequate community facilities and environmental protection.
They also suffered from confidence problems caused by incapability
of self-evaluation and self-control, or puzzled by physical changes
in adolescence. Some even worry about their futures in higher
education or career prospects.
(China
Daily May 30, 2002)