In Britain, do you think that it's the teenage boys who smoke and drink too much, have underage sex and take illegal drugs?
In fact, girls in Britain are WORSE at all these things than their male counterparts. More UK girls binge drink than boys, more play truant from school and more smoke.
It's the girls who we can blame for giving Britain one of the highest binge-drinking rates in Europe.
Ladettes overtake boys for bad behaviour
18th May 2006
Girls have overtaken boys for bad behaviour when it comes to drink, drugs and sex, new research has revealed.
One in three girls in Year 11 have experienced their first sexual encounter compared to 17 per cent of boys.
"Twenty years ago boys drugged, drank, smoked, truanted, stole, vandalised and fought more than girls. Today it is very different.
Girls now significantly smoke and binge-drink more than boys," said Professor Colin Pritchard of Bournemouth University's Institute of Health and Community Studies, which conducted the research.
"They truant, steal and fight at similar rates to boys but have started under-aged sex earlier than boys with 17 per cent of lads in Year 11 having their First-Sexual-Intercourse (FSI) whereas 31 per cent of Year 11 girls have had their FSI, indicating they are going with older boys."
Children of parents who smoke are also more likely to get involved in anti-social behaviour such as fighting, binge drinking and unprotected sex.
They are also two-and-a-half times more likely to take drugs and/or binge drink, and four times more likely to have unprotected sex than children of parents who do not smoke, according to the research.
"What we're saying through this work is that we have to reach out to parents and show how the cycle of educational and societal alienation must and can be broken to enable parents and schools to work together to contribute to children's educational, social and emotional well-being," said Prof Pritchard.
The study also showed that the much-maligned youth of today are actually better behaved than their parents were 20 years ago.
"The good news and, perhaps, unexpected is that the 2005 youngsters have less problematic behaviour than the 1985 cohort and even with the problematic behaviour, drugs, drink and sex, this is still a minority activity," added Prof Pritchard.
The questionnaire was sent out to 10 schools along the south coast with 824 pupils aged 14 to 15 completing it in 1985 and 854 pupils of the same age completing it in 2005.
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In fact, girls in Britain are WORSE at all these things than their male counterparts. More UK girls binge drink than boys, more play truant from school and more smoke.
It's the girls who we can blame for giving Britain one of the highest binge-drinking rates in Europe.
Ladettes overtake boys for bad behaviour
18th May 2006
Girls have overtaken boys for bad behaviour when it comes to drink, drugs and sex, new research has revealed.
One in three girls in Year 11 have experienced their first sexual encounter compared to 17 per cent of boys.
"Twenty years ago boys drugged, drank, smoked, truanted, stole, vandalised and fought more than girls. Today it is very different.
Girls now significantly smoke and binge-drink more than boys," said Professor Colin Pritchard of Bournemouth University's Institute of Health and Community Studies, which conducted the research.
"They truant, steal and fight at similar rates to boys but have started under-aged sex earlier than boys with 17 per cent of lads in Year 11 having their First-Sexual-Intercourse (FSI) whereas 31 per cent of Year 11 girls have had their FSI, indicating they are going with older boys."
Children of parents who smoke are also more likely to get involved in anti-social behaviour such as fighting, binge drinking and unprotected sex.
They are also two-and-a-half times more likely to take drugs and/or binge drink, and four times more likely to have unprotected sex than children of parents who do not smoke, according to the research.
"What we're saying through this work is that we have to reach out to parents and show how the cycle of educational and societal alienation must and can be broken to enable parents and schools to work together to contribute to children's educational, social and emotional well-being," said Prof Pritchard.
The study also showed that the much-maligned youth of today are actually better behaved than their parents were 20 years ago.
"The good news and, perhaps, unexpected is that the 2005 youngsters have less problematic behaviour than the 1985 cohort and even with the problematic behaviour, drugs, drink and sex, this is still a minority activity," added Prof Pritchard.
The questionnaire was sent out to 10 schools along the south coast with 824 pupils aged 14 to 15 completing it in 1985 and 854 pupils of the same age completing it in 2005.
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