Jesus christ, you're advocating nap time, sing alongs, and milk and cookies as appropriate 5th grade activities over science and math? Fucking god, in 3rd grade I remember learning about stratocumulus clouds and times tables.

This is not "child psychology." This is arrested development and never-ending infantilization. K-5 is exactly when kids, if not deprived, develop their wonder with the world. They're not meant to be pampered like indoor cats, they're meant to be inspired, and to have their natural inquisitiveness bolstered by adults showing them that they have the ability to answer their own questions.

Even your example of "consoling a child with who scrapes his knee" is complete insanity, when combined with your completely bonkers suspicion of "non-motherly" teachers of children. The lady teacher says "ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?!?" a hundred times while the child explodes into tears and has to be sent to a safe space to cool down from his PTSD. The male teacher says "Alright? Not the end of the world. Shake it off sport and get back to it," and the kid learns a basic lesson about trucking on through (the slightest) adversity.

Your view of primary school education is exactly why we're as fucked as we are. You're advocating treating 10-year-olds like they're 2-year-olds.

Jesus christ, you're advocating nap time, sing alongs, and milk and cookies as appropriate 5th grade activities over science and math? Fucking god, in 3rd grade I remember learning about stratocumulus clouds and times tables.

This is not "child psychology." This is arrested development and never-ending infantilization.

Even your example of "consoling a child with who scrapes his knee" is complete insanity, when combined with your completely bonkers suspicion of "non-motherly" teachers of children. The lady teacher says "ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?!?" a hundred times while the child explodes into tears and has to be sent to a safe space to cool down from his PTSD. The male teacher says "Alright? Not the end of the world. Shake it off sport and get back to it," and the kid learns a basic lesson about trucking on through (the slightest) adversity.

Your view of primary school education is exactly why we're as fucked as we are. You're advocating treating 10-year-olds like they're 2-year-olds.