The statistics are shocking. One in four Aussie teenagers between the ages of 16-24 suffers from a mental or behavioural disorder; 6500 children are using anti-depressants. And that’s just a snapshot of the For Kids’ Sake study.
But the study, commissioned by The Australian Christian Lobby and led by Professor Parkinson of University of Sydney, is wrong to blame the modern family.
The research that was unveiled yesterday was fully funded by the Vos Foundation, a Tasmanian construction company that says it’s “committed to biblical values”. It makes some significant and simplistic assumptions about modern society and the explanations for its so-called “breakdown”.
