New Study Charts the Living Habits of Europe’s Tweens
Greater independence, less parent control, approaching puberty and changing demands in school. For a tween life can be both exciting and demanding – and presumably decisive for their future health. This is the starting point for a study designed to chart the living habits of children between the ages of 8 and 14 in Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Estonia, Germany, Belgium and Sweden.Boy and girls who are no longer children but who are not yet teenagers, so-called tweens, face many challenges. Greater independence and exposure to behaviours which lie outside the control of the family,