I saw this https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/magazine/youth-mental-health-crisis-schools.html
It says part of the problem lies in how U.S. schools are structured, the schools themselves are be contributing to rising anxiety, depression, and emotional distress. Public schools have more and more high-pressure focus on academic performance, standardized metrics, and measurable outcomes, even at early ages. My eyes and concerns gravitate to the notion that kindergarten is now 1st grade - really young kids are forced into reading/writing/math when their brains and bodies are still just needing playtime, emotional and social maturation, etc.
Additionally, I have a boy, so i'm also aware of the fact that most boys appear less ready for TODAY's kindergarten and 1st grade than girls, and these things are obviously linked.
What are China, Japan, India and Eu countries doing in their public education which provide solid academics by the team the kids are ready for college without crushing their mental health?
Theoretically Private US schools wouldn't necessarily be impacted by "No Child Left Behind" and "the Common Core" standards, but societal drivers are surely making them also pressure-cookers.
It says part of the problem lies in how U.S. schools are structured, the schools themselves are be contributing to rising anxiety, depression, and emotional distress. Public schools have more and more high-pressure focus on academic performance, standardized metrics, and measurable outcomes, even at early ages. My eyes and concerns gravitate to the notion that kindergarten is now 1st grade - really young kids are forced into reading/writing/math when their brains and bodies are still just needing playtime, emotional and social maturation, etc.
Additionally, I have a boy, so i'm also aware of the fact that most boys appear less ready for TODAY's kindergarten and 1st grade than girls, and these things are obviously linked.
What are China, Japan, India and Eu countries doing in their public education which provide solid academics by the team the kids are ready for college without crushing their mental health?
Theoretically Private US schools wouldn't necessarily be impacted by "No Child Left Behind" and "the Common Core" standards, but societal drivers are surely making them also pressure-cookers.
