[piuantiderp]

I'm not sure the average school peers are any better. Unless we're talking private education. Do consider that for the better part of history, even in school, kids were not separated into years.

That they need permanency, sure but that's the parents and the living situation

[stogot]

Agreed, separation into school grades by age is not normal or healthy. And abuse often happens in school.

You could argue more soundly that modern schools are child abuse if we follow the commenter’s line of reasoning.