Anyone regret switching preschool or daycare?

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Anonymous wrote:I got into a GREAT preschool but at the last minute I got a call asking for my final decision. It was right after I had a play date gone sour with kids from the new school. Moms were neglectful drunks and kids were slapping my kid. In an impulse I declined and so we are staying at our sweet tiny preschool with my sons best friends but crap curriculum. The next morning I woke up like Holy Mother what did I do?!?!? Overwhelming regret that frankly is taking me over the edge. All those great art and science classes we are going to miss out on! Plus we will probably never get through the waitlist again. FML forever! Any help?

Trust your gut. The “great art and science classes” are not a be-all, end-all situation especially at the preschool age. More important for your kid to be happy IMO.

This..

A slightly different situation within the same school for me. My daughter was in a 3's class where there were more younger 2's and maybe 3 3's including her. She also had separation anxiety. The teacher in that class was wonderful though..In Jan, I asked that she be moved to the next higher up class. Considering my daughter's anxiety it was a bad decision. The new teacher did not want to deal with a crying child, did not encourage her or be kind to her..After 2 weeks my DD resigned herself to her fate. Here I was thinking she will learn more from interacting with kids older than her and let her continue for the next 5 months in that class. DD was unhappy. She is much older now and I still regret that I wanted her with kids older than her than much younger than her. Maybe if the teacher was good, it would have been okay, but that teacher was not nice and yet I let her continue in that class.

At that age, being happy and in loving care is more important than any academics. Wish I realized it then.

Thank you! My son is also going into the 3’s. He’s already one of the oldest and just walks around the school so confidently. I remember taking him on the tour of the Great preschool, he seemed intimidated and the when I dropped him back off at the dinky preschool playground, it was quiet there were his close buddies all playing nicely together. Teachers were playing with the kids and kids were on laps. It just struck me as the sweetest most innocent scene. All the kids playing nicely together- no stress! Thank you all for reminding me it’s about the kids and not me, my social life and my ego