Affluenza

This video should be compulsory viewing for all Australians. It contrasts the plight of healthy, affluent Australian teens with their counterparts in the developing world. It might make you smile at first - but other emotions will take over by the end.

"Australia is home to some 5 million children and teenagers. A high percentage of these are at risk of what experts are calling "Teenage Affluenza". Deep in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne lives Erin, by all appearances an average, healthy 15-year-old student. But at the heart of her tragic story, we find an issue that's reflected right around the country. Erin wakes up stiff most mornings because the bed she sleeps in is the same timber Colonial bed that her parents bought when she was 10. She's been hounding her parents for a double bed for some time now, but her pleas fall on deaf ears. Although meals, food, housing and education are readily available to them, many teens like Erin are forced to live on less than $40 pocket money a week ... " You can watch the video (at home!) on YouTube: media type="youtube" key="KFZz6ICzpjI&rel=1" height="355" width="425"



or via our network (at school): http://web.shc.com/affluenza.mp4