Isn't the rush to preschool starting younger and younger these days?

[Anonymous]

If you are secure and happy in your own choices, then you shouldn't get so defensive when you encounter other people, even a lot of other people, who choose something very different.

Of course, if people weren't insecure & defensive, this board wouldn't exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait until 3.5 or even 4.5 and look for morning play-based preschool near you. Keep the nanny.

I agree.

[Anonymous]

it does seem like there is a rush to preschool, but really it's not. People are freely calling daycare preschool and real "preschool" begins at 2.5 or 3 regardless of location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Because they need to be College and Career ready in elementary school. The pressure is intense and it trickles down to even the youngest children. It is insane. I feel badly for today's kids.

Yes, if you go to one of these morning preschools, the kids are being drilled on the alphabet and made to run laps around the building!!

Uh, they're really not. My kids have gone to three different part-time preschools (which is what the OP is talking about) in the area and they've all been play-based and about as low key as you can imagine. Some circle time, some snack, just a few hours a week in the early years to start learning how to manage in a group setting. Some people are looking for a place to send their kids so there's a market for it. I think that's about it.

Daycare, you just defined daycare. I send my kid to daycare and think it's great for her, but let's be clear that this is really about the label you want to put on your childcare and the connotations that go along with said label, not any difference in the childcare itself.

I truly don't understand you crazy people who make a distinction between daycare and preschool. Please define preschool for me?