<p>Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive</p><p>“It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a child in England.</p><p>“It suggests our children are living unhappy lives,” said a teacher, who described her pupils as joyful.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/25/middlesbrough-rejects-hardest-place-to-grow-up-label">Continue reading...</a>
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‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label
<p>Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive</p><p>“It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a child in England.</p><p>“It suggests our children are living unhappy lives,” said a teacher, who described her pupils as joyful.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/25/middlesbrough-rejects-hardest-place-to-grow-up-label">Continue reading...</a>