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So why is this flat, damp country of 17 million people with its history of Calvinism and colonialism so good at giving young people an optimistic outlook? The director of the World Database of Happiness, Prof Ruut Veenhoven, also believes young people are less burdened by an expectation to “be good”. Interviewer: That’s really useful and important, have you been taught about sexual assault in your sex education?
Dani, whose mother is Indonesian and Polish and whose father is Moroccan, says his father spends more time on Facebook than he does. The HBSC data supports this: 86% of Dutch teenagers say their classmates are kind and helpful, putting the country top of the tables at 13 and 15. Sex education starts at four, and Saffron says her boyfriend is accepted by her friends and parents. Meanwhile a poster on her school’s wall encouraging people of all sexualities to “come out” reaffirms that openness is OK. The rate of teenage pregnancies in the Netherlands is also the lowest in the EU. McGlynn C, Johnson K. Criminalising Cyberflashing: Options for Law Reform. The Journal of Criminal Law. 2020; 85(3):171–188. doi: 10.1177/0022018320972306. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] If you look across Europe, the Dutch and the Danes are the most lenient and focus more on developing autonomy than giving priority to obedience – and that fits the society,” he says. “Children are more free to do what they want, and in doing what they want, develop an idea of what they really like and social skills. A happy boy may be sometimes not a very good boy.” Talk with your teen about the importance of having friends who are interested in positive activities. Encourage her to avoid peers who pressure her to make unhealthy choices.
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Ringrose J, Regehr K, Whitehead S. ‘‘Wanna trade?’: Cisheteronormative homosocial masculinity and the normalisation of abuse in youth digital sexual image exchange. Journal of Gender Studies. 2021 doi: 10.1080/09589236.2021.1947206. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Sam: People have Photoshop, they can do anything, they can take a picture of their hand and put it on there. Lizzie: So I was dating this boy, he said he was thirteen… and then his best friend told me he’s turning fifteen… but then he used to send me nudes, and I didn’t really like him as well, and he was also… he used to force me, but I didn’t send, but everyone thought I did send him, and these rumours all spread around...Everyone told that I sent nudes to him, but I never did. Because everyone was thinking like oh if he sent nudes, she must have sent something.
StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on how children, parents, educatorsand others in the communitycan prevent or stop bullying. Facca, D., Smith, M. J., Shelley, J., Lizotte, D., & Donelle, L. (2020). Exploring the ethical issues in research using digital data collection strategies with minors: A scoping review. PLoS ONE, 15(8), Article e0237875. 10.1371/journal.pone.0237875 [ PMC free article] [ PubMed]NHTSA has information on safety recalls and safety tips for children riding in motor vehicles, walking, biking, playing outside, waiting at school bus stops, and more. Setty E. Meanings of bodily and sexual expression in youth sexting culture: Young women’s negotiation of gendered risks and harms. Sex Roles. 2019; 80:586–606. doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-0957-x. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2016) I saw your willy [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides information on health and nutrition for children over 5 years of age. Ringrose, J., Gill, R., Livingstone, S., & Harvey, L. (2012). A qualitative study of children, young people and ‘sexting’. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Retrieved November, 2020, from http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/44216/1/__Libfile_repository_Content_Livingstone%2C%20S_A%20qualitative%20study%20of%20children%2C%20young%20people%20and%20%27sexting%27%20%28LSE%20RO%29.pdf
For Tjalling, it is pretty simple. “In the Netherlands we are rich, most things around children are well organised, like school and healthcare, and if people are poor, we try to help them. That’s maybe why children are happy. Despite the country’s reputation for cannabis smoking, the Trimbos Institute reports a downward trend for using alcohol and drugs and smoking in Dutch children aged 12 to 16. Such activities are described by HBSC experts as “risk behaviours” that impact happiness.A similar story was related by Year 9 participants at CLC1 who told us about an incident where two boys from school sent her a video of them masturbating:
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