Is preschool attendance not a big deal to u?

[Anonymous]

I was talking to my sister on the phone this morning and she mentioned her DC was still sleeping. I asked if she had to wake him for preschool and she simply responded "nah, if he's sleeping than I just let him sleep. its not like he will miss a chem final." She is a VERY good mom and has 3 wonderful kids but I was kinda taken aback how lax she was about him attending. I confirmed throughout the conversation that he wasn't sick or anything, just sleeping. Is that odd or do others view preschool the same way?

[Anonymous]

I had that attitude about nursery school, yes. It was a good school and my children wanted to go, but if they were under the weather or sleeping in, that was fine.

[Anonymous]

I was very rigid about getting my kids to preschool by the 9:00 circle time but the teachers were always complaining about a lot of the kids wandering in late. Some of the moms would wait until their older kids got on the bus before taking the youngest to preschool. I'd always drag all of my kids with me to drop off my youngest at preschool and then get my other kids to the bus stop. I figured that if I was going to shell out a bundle for preschool, I was going to get my money's worth.

On the other hand, I think your friend is right. It's not an AP class they're missing.

[Anonymous]

Not a big deal to me at preschool.

Grade school they should be there and on time.

[Anonymous]

When we had our daughter in the preschool class at a daycare center, I was lax - most days we got there early for work, but when we didn't have to be, we all slept in - it was all the same to the staff either way.

Now that she's at an actual preschool that's attached to a K-8 and we'd have to get a note from the principal if she's more than 15 minutes late, and there's more of a curriculum, we get her there on time.

[Anonymous]

I feel I am pretty lax about my son missing a day or two hear or there for something special with the family. I am also not very strict about him being late if there is a reason such as an appointment, under the weather, and sleeping in (mainly because I have an only child at the moment and don't have other older kids to get off to different schools). We in general are not late often, but I don't stress out when we are.

[Anonymous]

Totally fine with taking them out for a day or a week, or whatever. I don't usually take them later than 9 because their activities usually start then and I don't want to be disruptive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was very rigid about getting my kids to preschool by the 9:00 circle time but the teachers were always complaining about a lot of the kids wandering in late. Some of the moms would wait until their older kids got on the bus before taking the youngest to preschool. I'd always drag all of my kids with me to drop off my youngest at preschool and then get my other kids to the bus stop. I figured that if I was going to shell out a bundle for preschool, I was going to get my money's worth.

On the other hand, I think your friend is right. It's not an AP class they're missing.

What other choice would they have? Is the bus for elementary school so late that you could drop off at preschool at 9 and still make the older kids' bus?

My child almost never sleeps late, so when he does, I figure that he needs it. That's more important than a few minutes of preschool.

It would be rude to come to school late every day for no good reason, but once in a while, of course!

[Anonymous]

I'm with your sister. Very lax about preschool and really don't mind if my child misses days of school. I think they will have the rest of their lives to stress out about going to school, college, work, etc.

[Anonymous]

OP here I should clarify she just wasn't going to send her DC at all...not bring him in late. So she wouldn't be distributing the classroom but than again it would be a full (already paid for) day out.

[Anonymous]

What your sister is doing is disrespectful. You make a commitment, you keep the commitment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was very rigid about getting my kids to preschool by the 9:00 circle time but the teachers were always complaining about a lot of the kids wandering in late. Some of the moms would wait until their older kids got on the bus before taking the youngest to preschool. I'd always drag all of my kids with me to drop off my youngest at preschool and then get my other kids to the bus stop. I figured that if I was going to shell out a bundle for preschool, I was going to get my money's worth.

On the other hand, I think your friend is right. It's not an AP class they're missing.

What other choice would they have? Is the bus for elementary school so late that you could drop off at preschool at 9 and still make the older kids' bus?

My child almost never sleeps late, so when he does, I figure that he needs it. That's more important than a few minutes of preschool.

It would be rude to come to school late every day for no good reason, but once in a while, of course!

Elementary school starts late where I am, at 9:25, and the school bus doesn't come until 9:05. I'd drop off at preschool around 8:40 truck the big kids home again in time to pick up their backpacks and get to the bus stop without rushing. The preschool allowed people to drop off as early as 7:30 even though the planned curriculum didn't start until 9:00.

[Anonymous]

It would bother me bc I'm paying for it. You better believe my kid is going to go. It's 2x a week too, so missing a day to sleep in (not a good excuse in my eyes) is sorta a lot.
Most pre k start at 9am, seriously, you're nephew is still asleep at that time? Odd.

[Anonymous]

No big deal. We are always late. We miss days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No big deal. We are always late. We miss days.

Again, so disrespectful to be late. So entitled. Ugh.