Teaching public speaking to children - essay writing ideas?

I am writing an essay about whether we should teach children at a young age public speaking in schools or not . Need writing ideas.

It is not difficult for me to find out advantages of this such as the fact that children can conquer the fear of speaking in front of a group of people, build their confidence and develop their interpersonal communication skills, helping better their lives later. However, I am struggling to work out the disadvantages and examples for them . Could you give me some ideas? What kind of format should I follow to write this essay?

Thank you so much!

Well, do you need to discuss the disadvantages? If you are writing this for a standardized test, you can be extremely one-sided in your approach (in fact, that would be better). If, for whatever reason, you really want to discuss the disadvantages, then why not look at the psychological effects of forcing children to do something that they may experience as trauma? Or the dangers of adding still more to the curriculum when most schools can't even teach the stuff that's already on there effectively?

Right, there's no need to force yourself to take a position with which you do not agree, especially if this requires you to stretch to even find an argument to use. I'd write three strong arguments for it and then state in the conclusion that, while it may be difficult to add this to the curriculum, the benefits will make it well worth the effort.