Prompt
Children are facing more pressures nowadays from academic, social and commercial perspectives. What are the causes of these pressures and what measures should be taken to reduce these pressures?
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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies multiple pressures (academics, social, commercial) and suggests interventions (supportive schools, parenting, media literacy), while Band 9 explains systemic drivers (education as credential race, social media as comparison engine, commercial interests in childhood consumption) and proposes structural reforms (curriculum redesign, school policy change, regulatory approaches to marketing).
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