Likewise, US children face considerably more violence in society than children in other high-income countries do. That may not be surprising, but it is deeply troubling, because children’s exposure to violence is a major threat to their physical, emotional, and cognitive development.
类似地，与其他高收入国家相比，美国孩子面临着严重得多的社会暴力。这或许并不令人奇怪，但是个大问题，因为孩子暴露于暴力中会对其生理、心理和认知发展造成严重危害。美国自杀率大约比北欧高出五倍。