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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 119 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The researchers at the Center for Disease Control & Prevention also warned that the widespread belief among parents and teachers that getting good scores trumps anything else risks obscuring mental health issues plaguing children.

Shitty parenting 101. I have been there and I broke down at minor setbacks. I lost my mind because of the smallest failures.

If you do this to your child, in your delusion you are doing the right thing, fuck you.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haven't studies shown a pretty strong correlation between scores and future income in China?

FWIW, it's not like that culture is new. The increase in suicide rates has other drivers. I think it's far more likely to be driven by social media and social isolation than by academic pressure (which has existed to a similar degree for the past few decades).

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Let's not forget the pandemic that they took seriously, saving millions of lives, caused a lot of trauma to a whole generation and kids are vulnerable to that sort of thing.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Harsh lockdown policies reduce real social interactions and meaningfully affect mental health. In America, this is reflected in the absolutely dogshit quality of drivers today.

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