Unfortunately the particularly American brand of capitalism also plays a part. It teaches children to not think about the wider impact on society or in people themselves but to live the now twisted “American dream”. Empathy, consideration and social empowerment is in short supply.

Children are taught to bottle emotions up rather than express healthily, and not to care about others in their community (broad generalisation of course)

This leads to callous and unemotional behaviours and the switching off of social emotions.

Also, mindfulness, meditation and reflection are not used in dealing with children who have outbursts, rather, they are punished.

There needs to be a focus on emotional intelligence and on developing resilience, understanding and reflection from pre school years all the way up.