[Cherie]

I do think there is a lot of anxiety caused by body image and perfection, also social anxiety which used to be called 'shyness', I don't agree that young people have 'no hope', they are far better educated than previous generations with a much higher percentage going to University, but maybe that causes anxiety in itself in that the pressure is on to get a well paid job, that said I think there are also a lot of unrealistic expectations and that some young people do not want to move up the ladder whether that be in a job, or on housing, but want to go straight in at the top, , many young people have grandparents who will have benefited from the increase in house prices and more people will benefit from inheritance than previous generations, and may also have the bank of Mum and Dad which again previous generations did not enjoy, so I think writing people off as having no hope is wrong.... I agree though current governments do not seem to have a handle on how to help young people progess in life, but just going by my own experience I never expected the government to help me with anything so maybe there needs to be a rethink of governments role in peoples lives