PSA: don’t bring your kids to parent/teacher conferences!

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Anonymous wrote:At our preschool the kids present their work. Mandatory attendance.

That's the best way of handling it. Kids should be present, especially in elementary school to get that feedback and make a plan to improve. However, if there is a serious issue, parents should be notified asap, not at a conference. Most conferences are a waste of time.

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Anonymous wrote:Our preschool provides babysitting during the conference. Why don’t you suggest that to your school for next time?

Same with our preschool, it's covered by the assistant teachers

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Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

Your preschool had naptime? How odd.

Oh god. Please no with the preschool vs. daycare debate for the millionth time. Please. no. Go away.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

Finally one of you realized if you are going to keep lecturing people about terminology you should not be using the term "daycare".

It is day care if kids are there 7-10 hours a day.

Child care professionals do not use the term daycare. They say "child care" which is more descriptive. If you are going to lecture people about terminology, use the right words.

I used the term child care but it really doesn't matter what term you use as if kids are there all day its day care. Most child care "professionals" don't have college degrees, let alone in early childhood education or another equal major. (yes, I have worked at several day cares and in college I was by far the most educated).

Then why on earth are you posting here? You are such a sad person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

Your preschool had naptime? How odd.

It’s daycare

Preschool isn't daycare.

Maybe at some of the cheap places around here, but not where my kids went...

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Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

Your preschool had naptime? How odd.

It’s daycare

Preschool isn't daycare.

Maybe at some of the cheap places around here, but not where my kids went...

PP is a crazy lady who seems very concerned with hijacking every thread to let people know that "preschool" is only preschool if it serves families with nannies or SAPs who can pick up their children before the afternoon nap. Otherwise it is a "daycare" meaning the "teachers" are just watching the kids run around and hopefully preventing them from getting hurt.

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My kid went to preschool. Al day long. It was called preschool. When I discuss it with others, I call it preschool. I make sure to use the word "preschool" as much as possible. Why?

Because it's where she's going pre-kindergarten. Hence: pre-school.

The hours covered do not matter.

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definition of preschool:

of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age.

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definition of daycare:

supervised daytime care for preschool children, the elderly, or those with chronic disabilities, usually provided at a center outside the home.

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no really sure why daycare parents get so riled up when you refer to their childcare as daycare. If daycare and preschool are synonymous, then what difference does it make either way?

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

I am pretty sure one of you can handle a conference for *pre-school* on your own. It'll be tough, but you can push through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no really sure why daycare parents get so riled up when you refer to their childcare as daycare. If daycare and preschool are synonymous, then what difference does it make either way?

Because there is one poster who repeatedly acts "fake confused" as to why you would refer to an all-day program as "preschool" because she's adamant that's only called daycare. She seems to think only 9am-12pm programs are "real" preschool. It's all preschool! Some with longer hours and more child care, and some that are just a few hours.

I use both terms, for my children in preschool, since they are there 8am-5pm. But I'm much more likely to call it preschool, but that also gives people an idea of their age (3-5) it seems to me.

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Anonymous wrote:no really sure why daycare parents get so riled up when you refer to their childcare as daycare. If daycare and preschool are synonymous, then what difference does it make either way?

+1

For this particular thread I can see how parents who rely on "preschool" for childcare (AKA daycare) might have a different perspective on attending conferences without their kids since they are presumably relying on the "preschool" to provide childcare.

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I & DH take off work to attend preschool parent teacher conference because we both want to hear what teacher say & voice our questions if any.