The number of consultations received in the last year at the "LINE" consultation desk for junior and senior high school students set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government increased to more than 4,200, which is about 1.5 times that of the previous year. So, it seems that the number of children who have anxiety is increasing. "
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 4201 consultations were received from junior high school and high school students on LINE last year.
It is about 1.5 times the number of the previous year, and the number of cases has increased by more than 1,400.
By content, ▽ "friendship" excluding bullying was the most frequent with 1000 cases, ▽ "family relations" was 398 cases, and ▽ "slow academic performance" was 371 cases.
There were also consultations due to the effects of the new coronavirus, and ▽ "I can't meet my close friends because of distributed school attendance" and ▽ I was told by my family who worked from home to study because I had more time to spend at home. There were voices such as "It will be a quarrel."
In addition, the number of consultations regarding "abuse" is increasing, with 96 cases last year, which is about 2.7 times that of the previous year.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, "It seems that the number of children with anxiety is increasing due to changes in the living environment caused by the corona disaster."
Consultations are accepted daily from 9 am to 10:30 pm under the account name of "Consultation Hot LINE @ Tokyo".