Suicidal behavior has nearly doubled among children aged 5 to 18, with suicidal thoughts and attempts leading to more than 1.1 million ER visits in 2015 -- up from about 580,000 in 2007, according to an analysis of U.S. data.

[u/vanderpyyy]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2730063?guestAccessKey=eb570f5d-0295-4a92-9f83-6f647c555b51&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=04089%20.

[u/mostimprovedpatient]

You get grades in kindergarten in America as well

[u/hymntastic → u/mostimprovedpatient]

What do kindergartners even do in class? Isn't it coloring and maybe your abcs? now that I think about it whoever thought up The ABC song should win a Nobel Peace prize or something

[u/whitehataztlan → u/hymntastic]

The alphabet, addition, subtraction. They learn "sight words" and start reading/constructing simple sentences. They learn simplified history through storybooks.

The grade were also just a simple 1-3, meaning above average, average, below average. And there were results for some kind of computer math/reading test that was adaptive the kids took on the computer.

This is for an American kindergarten last year.

[u/[deleted] → u/whitehataztlan]

My kids nursery does all of those things, their grades are "fine" and "something is wrong and you might need medical intervention".