The sixth and final report by the Children's Society looked at attitudesto children, children's values and society's values in general.
A survey of more than 1,100 adults found increasing tension betweenadults and children, with 55 per cent saying there was more conflictbetween adults and children than when they were young. But a thirdthought attitudes towards young people in their local neighbourhood weremainly positive.
Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of the Children's Society, said, 'Theevidence submitted tells us that we are more wary of children than anyother European country. We are three times more likely to complain aboutchildren hanging around than we are about noisy neighbours, and we areless likely to intervene if we see a young person committing an act ofvandalism.'
When asked whether they thought adults were friendly to them in theirlocal area, 52 per cent of children said adults were friendly 'always'or most of the time, 37 per cent said 'sometimes' and more than 10 percent 'never'.
The inquiry will publish recommendations early next year.
Further information
'Good Childhood: what you told us about values' is atwww.goodchildhood.org.uk.