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# Report: Japan's Children Have Second Worst Mental Health
[Report: Japan's Children Have Second Worst Mental Health](https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/report-japans-children-have-second-worst-mental-health/41FSDvJeEeqjMPND_rtxCA)

## Discussion
1. What are your thoughts on UNICEF's findings?
→It's an important research with valuable findings, **it** let**s** (allows) people **to** have directions to adjust children's ed**u**cation.

2. Do you find it surprising that the Netherlands had the best overall score on UNICEF's report? Why? Why not?
→Yes, it's su**r**prising. I rarely **hear** ~~heard~~ the news about **the** Netherlands, but sometimes **I** **hear** ~~heard~~ **(have heard)** the positive news talking about "happiness" or "the most appropriate ~~living~~ countr**ies** for human**s** to live in" are the countries in Northern Europe.

3. What do you think should be done to make sure kids in your country have good childhoods?
→In our country, society advocates ~~competing~~ **competition** ~~to others~~ **for child** since ~~the kids in the state of~~ kindergarten. Maybe we can change competition to coordination and ~~emphsize~~ **empha** **that** different kids ~~has~~ **have** different value.

**advocate + noun**

4. **If** you had young kids, which of the countries mentioned in the article **would** you want to raise them in? Why?
→If I had kids, ~~as~~ **due to** the research findings I would raise them in the Netherlands. I **would** wish **that** my kids **would** have a happy and meaningful childhood.

5. What percentage of adults in your country do you imagine are satisfied with their lives?
→I guess it would be 30%. Actually this is a complex question, I can't answer it in a sentence. It should be ~~think~~ **thought** ~~with~~ **about** **considering** many ~~facings~~ factors.

It should be consider about many factors.

## Further Discussion
1. Did you find school stressful when you were a kid? Why? Why not?
→Yes, I did. Because of the social atmosphere, parent**s** hope their kids are outstanding, schools hope their students are competitive, these **factors** make kids in schools stressful.

2. Which of the people you went to school with would you describe as competitive?
→Students who ~~have good~~ ~~performance~~ **perform well** in exam**s** or who have other skills.

3. Was bullying a major issue when you were in school?
→Yes, it was. But I was lucky, I ~~'ve~~ never faced ~~to~~ bullying when I was in school.

4. Did you play any sports growing up? If so, do you still play them?
→No, I didn't, I'm not good at sports. I ~~hadn't played~~ **didn't play** any sports while growing up, but I'm learning fitness these day.

I haven't played -> still growing up

I hadn't played -> change to didn't play is better

5. One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood. — Agatha Christie. Do you agree? Why? Why not?
→Yes, I do agree. Childhood has a huge influence not only on human's personality but also on their mental health. If the kids **grow up** ~~grown~~ in happiness, they would have **bigger** ~~heigher~~ opportunities to be a positive person.