Daycare is an outdated and incorrect term. It's one thing to use it for expediency but to insist it is the "correct" term is dumb. |
Honestly the DCUM stupidity is to care what anyone else calls it. |
Dp. Most of the time DCUM is super judgemental, but I think DCUM is probably less judgemental on this topic than you'd actually find irl. Try the same thread on reddit and I'd bet more people would care and say that "daycare" is correct.
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If you have to separate daycare, preschool and nanny into separate categories and you feel the need to distinguish that your choice was superior to others, you are very insecure about your choices. I feel sorry for people who feel the need to one-up others even for such inconsequential matters. It's a stupid Mommy War and doesn't matter to anyone IRL. Get off your high horse and let it go. |
Congratulations! You are morally superior to people like me, whose household take home pay is 72k a year, and therefore cannot afford to pay a nanny 70k and must exploit the underpaid workers at a daycare we can actually afford. We must just not work as hard as you. Wealth is virtue. |
Just another SAHM vs Working Mom thing and here you are adding on.
That said, I sent my children to a full-day preschool that (a) had preschool in its name and (b) was certified by both the state and the NAEYC. So, if you end up in a conversation with someone who is saying your child is in daycare and theirs is in preschool, ask them if their church place is certified. |
If we had this conversation on the playground, I would literally turn my back to you and walk away from your judgmental big fat ass. |
I agree. Full day childcare at a center is daycare. Many daycares have wonderful programming and are a great option for working parents. That said, you can call it daycare, preschool or university for all I care. |
I have an opinion on this which I will keep to myself since it is pointless to post it here, nobody is changing their mind.
That said, it appears to me that those who call daycare school are way more dogmatic about their belief than those who object to that. I don't really get why any of you want to participate in the so-called mommy war described in this thread. |
My kid is at a franchised corporate center. When talking with him or my husband about day-to-day stuff (dropoff, pickup, how his day was) I usually call it school. When talking with colleagues or if I'm asked about our childcare situation, I would probably refer to it as daycare.
I'm happy with our center and our kid seems to love it (which was a shock, because my husband and I are committed introverts), so that's probably coloring my apathy towards any particular terminology. |
There's can be a huge difference in the qualifications and education from a preschool teacher to that of a day-care worker. It's insulting to preschool teachers who are already one the lowest paid workers
for their levels of education. |
+1 I’d also keep my kids far away from that PPs. People as judgmental as the PP raise horrid little bullies. They learn it from their parents. |
It’s all blurry. But the best part-time preschools (nonprofits governed by boards) have very little in common with daycare, and that’s why people pay so much $$ for it plus nanny or sahm.
At our school, the entire operation is focused on 2.5-5/6 year olds, including professional development, facilities, special events, etc. There is no napping, allowing parents to handle sleep as they prefer. No meals are served allowing much greater control over nutrition. Our kids had the same cohort and teacher team for three years. (No one is shifting between classes based on potty training status.) This allowed them to build deep relationships and alums are devoted to the place. There is a clear pedagogy that everyone is on board with, and parents can participate in class on a weekly basis (at least). I get that it sounds pretentious and dcum will say it’s about pathetic sahm’s needing control, but in reality it’s meeting kids in the most age-appropriate way, and it’s a shame that it’s so expensive and rare. Also, about a third of the parents go on to public elementary—for most this is not about feeding into elite privates. They’re willing to deal with the cost for these early years, even when dcps offers free preschool. |
You are insulting to child care teachers, JFC |
This nonsense is why people hate the rich. |