Jobs and Money: What are young people worried about in 2025?

What are young people worried about in 2025

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00:00Hello, my name is Amber Allett, and I'm a journalist specialising in education.

00:05From the cost of living crisis, to the changing climate, to the aftermath of a global pandemic,

00:10it can sometimes feel like there's an awful lot to worry about these days.

00:14But spare a thought for today's young people, who often have little say in or no power to act

00:20on the changes they could upturn the world they're going to live in for a long time to come.

00:24TechJoy and Samsung recently commissioned a survey of 1,000 11-15 year olds across the

00:30UK, to find out what their biggest worries are about the future.

00:34This is part of its Soul for Tomorrow Next Gen Tech Challenge.

00:38Here's what they had to say.

00:41The biggest societal issue young people worried about was revealed to be the rising cost of

00:46living.

00:47Seven in ten of them felt more worried about it than they did a year ago, and the survey

00:51show this was mostly fuelled by worries about the potential impact on their parents' financial

00:56situation, bothering a huge 77% of children.

01:01Online safety was their second biggest concern, followed by climate change, then by their own

01:06physical safety.

01:08Interestingly, rounding out the top five was job insecurity in the future, which is concerning

01:13nearly one in three.

01:16Specifically, they expressed concerns about how they'll get a job to support themselves when

01:20they're older, with nearly one in four fearing that they don't have the necessary skills

01:24to cope in an increasingly digital and AI-driven world.

01:29There is still hope, though, with 81% of young people polled expressing a desire to make a

01:34positive difference to the world we live in.

01:37But they're going to need our help, with a little less than half feeling the current school

01:41curriculum prepares them to tackle today's big issues.

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