Korean Youngsters Have Unhappy Relationship with Parents

Korean adolescents are often unhappy in the relationship with their parents, dampening their general happiness, a survey suggests.

The annual youth happiness index released by the Institute for Social Development Studies at Yonsei University stands at 74, at the bottom of the OECD table for six years in a row. The median is set at 100.

The index was calculated based on a survey on 6,946 school students across the country based on the UNICEF model.

Only 67.6 percent of Korean youth said they are satisfied with their life, much less than the OECD average of 85.8 percent.

Some 13 percent said they do not feel they belong to anything, including their family, compared to the OECD average of 6.7 percent. Eighteen percent said they feel lonely, when the OECD average was just 7.4 percent.

Children wait for vans to take them to crammers in front of an elementary school in Daejeon on Wednesday.

Experts point out that a major reason for unhappiness is negative relationships with family members, given that many cited a harmonious family as a chief condition for happiness.

Just 60 percent of the young respondents said they have dinner with their parents at least three times a week, compared to the OECD average of 77.9 percent.

Some 44.2 percent said they have conversations with their parents at least three or four times a week, again much lower than the OECD average of 60.8 percent. And even then they mostly talk about school or other education-related topics with 29.6 percent, while 17.9 percent said the chief topic of conversation is studies and grades.

And youngsters are most unhappy when they feel pressure on school grades and performance cited by some 44 percent.

That suggests that parents are failing to provide children with a supportive environment and instead add to the pressures of school.

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Korean Youngsters Have Unhappy Relationship with Parents

Korean adolescents are often unhappy in the relationship with their parents, dampening their general happiness, a survey suggests.

The annual youth happiness index released by the Institute for Social Development Studies at Yonsei University stands at 74, at the bottom of the OECD table for six years in a row. The median is set at 100.

The index was calculated based on a survey on 6,946 school students across the country based on the UNICEF model.

Only 67.6 percent of Korean youth said they are satisfied with their life, much less than the OECD average of 85.8 percent.

Some 13 percent said they do not feel they belong to anything, including their family, compared to the OECD average of 6.7 percent. Eighteen percent said they feel lonely, when the OECD average was just 7.4 percent.

Children wait for vans to take them to crammers in front of an elementary school in Daejeon on Wednesday.

Experts point out that a major reason for unhappiness is negative relationships with family members, given that many cited a harmonious family as a chief condition for happiness.

Just 60 percent of the young respondents said they have dinner with their parents at least three times a week, compared to the OECD average of 77.9 percent.

Some 44.2 percent said they have conversations with their parents at least three or four times a week, again much lower than the OECD average of 60.8 percent. And even then they mostly talk about school or other education-related topics with 29.6 percent, while 17.9 percent said the chief topic of conversation is studies and grades.

And youngsters are most unhappy when they feel pressure on school grades and performance cited by some 44 percent.

That suggests that parents are failing to provide children with a supportive environment and instead add to the pressures of school.

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'Tattoo Nightmares': Parents Paid Tattoo Artist To Sabotage Teen's Tattoo

'Tattoo Nightmares': Parents Paid Tattoo Artist To Sabotage Her Tattoo

Kristina was looking to get a cover-up for her lower back ink on "Tattoo Nightmares." She called the tattoo she had there now a "giant red cabbage," and it wasn't what she'd initially paid for. In fact, she said the tat ruined her life. It definitely ruined her relationship with her parents.

She got the tattoo when she was 17, begging her parents to sign the consent form. They agreed, and she thought she would get a little flower tattoo. What she didn't know was that her parents had a deal with her tattoo artist.

“They told him that if her made it as ugly and as painful as possible, they would pay him double," Kristina said. "They thought if they couldn’t stop me from doing it, they’d discourage me from ever getting another one.”

Instead, it destroyed her relationship with her parents. "I can’t trust them," she said.

She got a Mexican-inspired tattoo to cover up the "red cabbage," and upon seeing it, Kristina broke down in tears. She said that now she could finally move on from the anger and betrayal. She may even be able to forgive her parents now that the constant "reminder" of what they did is gone.

Executive producer SallyAnn Salsano told The Aquarian Weekly that those wild stories are what the show is about. She then teased that fans can expect some celebrity tattoo nightmares in the future. That is, if Spike TV picks the show up for a third season.

For now, Season 2 of "Tattoo Nightmares" continues on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Spike.

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