English children are some of the unhappiest in western Europe, according to research by the Children's Society (pdf).
English children are bad at football mainly because their training is bad (something other places have fixed).
English children are stilled raised to enjoy a range of foodstuffs that are more or less inedible".
"English children are not necessarily motivated to learn a MFL [modern foreign language] so it is hard work," he said.
English children start formal education very young by international standards: in some parts of Europe and America, children get down to business only at six.
English children also score comparatively badly on activities such as talking together, having fun together and learning together within the family and with their friends.
"You sound like English children," Minchin said afterward.
However, when English children reach about five years of age, they sound like their parents.
The doctor was listening to a broadcast between English children and their parents.
Also, English children appear to be particularly ignorant of their rights.
The four English children and their world are all authentically CS Lewis olde England.
