Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010
Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010
Suicides among young adults aged 15 to 24 fell 7% through 2017 then posted a nearly 20% increase the next four years, per government data.
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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.
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).
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.
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.
To be fair, it's a pervasive cultural mindset. I honestly find it hard to blame people that literally don't know any better.
This is something that a government would need to push to change through education, and laws