I consider religion child abuse

Or Standardized Testing.

Remove "americans" from the sentence and it's perfect

To many (too many as well) religion is the reality and science is the work of the devil. For myself, religion should be kept for religious studies and away from infecting young minds.
In England, religion is at the heart of education, similar in Scotland too.
Ignorance must be avoided, but far too many humans are happier being stupid. Now you have a POTUS who those people can associate with. He calls himself a genius, but counting to ten without using your fingers does not support his statement.
If you you believe that the world and all the heavens were made by a single superbeing in six days, then use evidence to support your statement. Just because the bible was translated from Latin and Greek into Scots and then into seventeenth century English to make the King James version of a gathering of various texts which were writing of oral traditions of many other languages and dialects, then do it properly. Failing that, then it's all just hearsay, or BOLLOCKS as we in Britain say.

The current reality appears to be Cambridge Analytica and other think tanks using our data against us. DeVos and Trump Stump step in and confuse the hell out of everything. Lies tend to do that and they divide the people. We need to wake up and understand that Bannon and others think the way to rebuild something is to first confuse you and tear down the old model, then build back the one that they want. They are doing that right now.

Obviously for what I have seen lately civics or the constitution etc or something like that needs to be taught. People these days have no idea the power of that document and our constitution. they will vote themselves into slavery if you let them. not just young people. it seems most of the people in this country have no idea what they have

Yup. Reality, better curricula, more clear lesson design, better social support, freedom to choose what to focus on, and better assistance with finding work.

It seems to me that American kids need an hour a day each, in history, geography, social studies, and civics. That would leave an hour a day for mathematics, and an hour of English.
Forget PE. And make them learn cursive writing!

But without religion how will our kids grow to adulthood knowing all about the magic people in the sky? They have to know how to avoid eternity in Hell and the unfailing power of prayer and important stuff like that.

Consider who you are voting for when your public schools board members are being selected. Or you just become part of the problem.

Yup

Absolutely RIGHT! Religions have abused the young and the ignorant for far too long!

Yes, we have likely all heard it before, but the more it is stated, the more it is heard. The more it is heard the more likely it brings change.