Crime, Drugs and Bullies Top Kids' List of Concerns ; This Week, in a Series Over Five Nights, the Post Speaks to Youngsters in Five Different Parts of the City to Find Out What It's Like Growing Up in the Noughties. In the First Report, Gill Roberts Talked to Youngsters From Swansea's Eastside.

South Wales Evening Post › April 29, 2009

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This week, in a series over five nights, the Post speaks to youngsters in five different parts of the city to find out what it's like growing up in the noughties. In the first report, GILL ROBERTS talked to youngsters from Swansea's Eastside.

Childhood is supposed to be a time of innocence and blissful ignorance to the harsh realities of the world.

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Crime, Drugs and Bullies Top Kids' List of Concerns ; This Week, in a Series Over Five Nights, the Post Speaks to Youngsters in Five Different Parts of the City to Find Out What It's Like Growing Up in the Noughties. In the First Report, Gill Roberts Talked to Youngsters From Swansea's Eastside.

But, for many city youngsters, their daily lives seem to be blighted by crime and the fear of becoming one of its victims.

For some there is a haven where they can feel at ease. But, even those enjoying ...

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