When is daycare "school?"

[Anonymous]

I think that people call daycare school because it sounds better and makes them feel like they are doing the right thing for their child.

For what it's worth, daycare is a full day program where parents put their children when they work. The care is usually decent, but the level of teaching is usually pretty low. Even a place like Bright Horizons who tote that they have a preschool is a daycare for all ages. Parents who send their children to a part time (3 hours a day and 2.5 years of age and up) are sending their children to school. The teachers are highly educated and the curriculum is fully thought out.

[Anonymous]

Yeah we called it school. People who are bugged by this really need to get a life. Ours was a full immersion bilingual program and both kids left with basic Spanish, which neither parent has, so in fact they did learn something. More importantly they also learned to blow their noses, share toys, write their names, ec etc etc. I have had nannies too and have no need to rationalize my childcare choices or impress others.. I called it school because it was a school,

[Anonymous]

Who cares? That said, it's probably just an easier shorthand. I think you can definitely legitimately call it school around 2 when that is probably how you refer to it when talking to your kid.

[Anonymous]

OP, I always thought that was irritating too...and then my daughter started daycare and I started saying it too. In part it was the culture of the center - the caregivers and other parents said school, so I did too. A small part of it was also that I felt better thinking of it as school.

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

Well I suppose since a lot of teachers now feel they provide a glorified babysitting service.. maybe the two are becoming interchangeable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I suppose since a lot of teachers now feel they provide a glorified babysitting service.. maybe the two are becoming interchangeable.

What does this mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok this is admittedly a stupid pet peeve. My coworker always refers to her child as going to "school" rather than "daycare." It's a daycare center and the kid is one year old. I get that many daycare providers function as a preschool in the older years, but c'mon. I asked her today if she kept child at home during govt shutdown and she was like "oh no, Suzy loves school soooo much."

But maybe I'm just not with the lingo- do other people refer to daycare as school?

What's it to you?

You're weird, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that people call daycare school because it sounds better and makes them feel like they are doing the right thing for their child.

For what it's worth, daycare is a full day program where parents put their children when they work. The care is usually decent, but the level of teaching is usually pretty low. Even a place like Bright Horizons who tote that they have a preschool is a daycare for all ages. Parents who send their children to a part time (3 hours a day and 2.5 years of age and up) are sending their children to school. The teachers are highly educated and the curriculum is fully thought out.

Wow
You are an idiot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that people call daycare school because it sounds better and makes them feel like they are doing the right thing for their child.

For what it's worth, daycare is a full day program where parents put their children when they work. The care is usually decent, but the level of teaching is usually pretty low. Even a place like Bright Horizons who tote that they have a preschool is a daycare for all ages. Parents who send their children to a part time (3 hours a day and 2.5 years of age and up) are sending their children to school. The teachers are highly educated and the curriculum is fully thought out.

Wow
You are an idiot

How so?

[Anonymous]

It's actually child care, not daycare.

If you want to improve the quality and respect for full-time care and the hard-working providers, please call it child care (instead of daycare)-- it's a tiny step in the right direction!

[Anonymous]

Actually, the teachers in half-day pre-schools often don't have better training. They may be more likely to have BAs but those degrees are often NOT in education or child development.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I call it school all the time. Woops, had no idea I was being annoying! I do know it is not actually school, I just like calling it that.

[Anonymous]

When is daycare "school?"

When the kid in daycare has an older sibling who is in apparently what you exclusively refer to as school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that people call daycare school because it sounds better and makes them feel like they are doing the right thing for their child.

For what it's worth, daycare is a full day program where parents put their children when they work. The care is usually decent, but the level of teaching is usually pretty low. Even a place like Bright Horizons who tote that they have a preschool is a daycare for all ages. Parents who send their children to a part time (3 hours a day and 2.5 years of age and up) are sending their children to school. The teachers are highly educated and the curriculum is fully thought out.

Wow
You are an idiot

How so?

Not the PP, but let's start with how Bright Horizons "totes" their preschool program.