• rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      1 year ago

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

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        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.

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          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.