"Why do all your friends say school"

[Anonymous]

The idea that anyone cares about this is honestly mind-boggling. You guys need hobbies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. It's ridiculous to call daycare "school". You can learn letters and numbers by watching something like Sesame Street on TV, and I don't think most sane people would think that their kids are at school while they're sitting on the couch doing that.

And most people who send their kids to bonafide preschool generally call it "preschool" not "school".

I have a preschool-aged kid who I sit and teach cursive writing and reading and all sorts of math (including operations and fractions), and I don't tell people that we homeschool. I say that we WILL be homeschooling next year (for kindergarten) and beyond. I have a younger child who also knows numbers, letters, enjoys doing fairly difficult puzzles, etc, and I don't say that we're homeschooling in that case either.

I guess people just want to say what makes themselves feel better.

Well, you certainly proved that.

[Anonymous]

Wait, so what exactly are they learning in Preschool or Kindergarden that qualifies those as "school" but daycare not!?! OMG. This culture. It's like there's a magic line between ages 1 - 4 and 5 - 18. Guess what, there's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is the word “daycare.” It has a stigma attached to it. You don’t want your child to be a daycare kid... it’s depressing. Now when it’s “school” it sounds uplifting. Your baby is learning and it is good for him/her!! Look how smart your baby is going to school! Whatever you want to call daycare is fine. The reality is the same- the child is away from home, being cared for 8,10 or 12 hours a day.

The child is cared for at home too, correct?

You don’t even realize how ignorant you sound, and yet you’re bragging about spending more time with your child. The irony is boggling though I’m sure you don’t get that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents feel bad about sending their kids to daycare I guess so everyone calls it “school”. I call it daycare.

+1. Yup, exactly.

What would I feel. Ad about, regardless of what you call it?

DD is in a nurturing place where adults take good care of her, she is learning a ton (hard and soft skills), making friends, and I am able to continue a fulfilling steer. It is good for her, good for me, and good for my family.

I have no guilt at all and neither do other parents from what I can tell.

[Anonymous]

Daycare is not school. It's weird to call it that. Do people refer to their nanny or babysitter as teacher, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. It's ridiculous to call daycare "school". You can learn letters and numbers by watching something like Sesame Street on TV, and I don't think most sane people would think that their kids are at school while they're sitting on the couch doing that.

And most people who send their kids to bonafide preschool generally call it "preschool" not "school".

I have a preschool-aged kid who I sit and teach cursive writing and reading and all sorts of math (including operations and fractions), and I don't tell people that we homeschool. I say that we WILL be homeschooling next year (for kindergarten) and beyond. I have a younger child who also knows numbers, letters, enjoys doing fairly difficult puzzles, etc, and I don't say that we're homeschooling in that case either.

I guess people just want to say what makes themselves feel better.

What the vomit is all this garbage about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. It's ridiculous to call daycare "school". You can learn letters and numbers by watching something like Sesame Street on TV, and I don't think most sane people would think that their kids are at school while they're sitting on the couch doing that.

And most people who send their kids to bonafide preschool generally call it "preschool" not "school".

I have a preschool-aged kid who I sit and teach cursive writing and reading and all sorts of math (including operations and fractions), and I don't tell people that we homeschool. I say that we WILL be homeschooling next year (for kindergarten) and beyond. I have a younger child who also knows numbers, letters, enjoys doing fairly difficult puzzles, etc, and I don't say that we're homeschooling in that case either.

I guess people just want to say what makes themselves feel better.

Well, you certainly proved that.

I'm sure you'll continue saying that you send your 2 year old to school instead of daycare to make yourself feel good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea that anyone cares about this is honestly mind-boggling. You guys need hobbies.

I'm the one whose friends in NYC were always referring to their kids' schools when the kids were 3 mos to 18 mos old. I didn't care -- I was single and childless at that point and I wouldn't have cared if they said they were dropping their kid off on Mars every morning. But it became noticeable and odd when people would go on about how they absolutely NEED TO buy/rent on the upper east side or downtown or wherever because they couldn't rip their kid out of his SCHOOL. Meanwhile I'm thinking -- uh Bright Horizons, don't they have another one in our office building??

Also got a kick out of the fact that once the kids were 2-4 yrs old and into that "what will you be when you grow up" stage, the mommies would beam with pride as their little geniuses would say orthodontist, investment banker, ophthalmologist (despite not having parents in those jobs). Seems like the high dollar Manhattan daycares that indoctrinate the parents that they are schools also indoctrinate the little tykes about high $$$ professions bc these climbers do NOT want their kids coming home and saying they want to be firemen or truckers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. It's ridiculous to call daycare "school". You can learn letters and numbers by watching something like Sesame Street on TV, and I don't think most sane people would think that their kids are at school while they're sitting on the couch doing that.

And most people who send their kids to bonafide preschool generally call it "preschool" not "school".

I have a preschool-aged kid who I sit and teach cursive writing and reading and all sorts of math (including operations and fractions), and I don't tell people that we homeschool. I say that we WILL be homeschooling next year (for kindergarten) and beyond. I have a younger child who also knows numbers, letters, enjoys doing fairly difficult puzzles, etc, and I don't say that we're homeschooling in that case either.

I guess people just want to say what makes themselves feel better.

Well, you certainly proved that.

I'm sure you'll continue saying that you send your 2 year old to school instead of daycare to make yourself feel good.

Oh, aren’t you cute. I don’t have a 2 year old. I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old, in elementary and preschool. And your homeschooled kids will turn out totally normal, for sure. You sweetie you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea that anyone cares about this is honestly mind-boggling. You guys need hobbies.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least you don't have to live in Ohio.

I mean - have you been to Ohio? Cincinnati, Columbus or Cleveland? Don’t knock it down if you don’t know it.

Oh dear. Are these places supposed to impress us?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The idea that anyone cares about this is honestly mind-boggling. You guys need hobbies.

+100

I don’t really care, I just think it’s hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The idea that anyone cares about this is honestly mind-boggling. You guys need hobbies.

+100

What’s your hobby? You’re on DCUM, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the word “daycare.” It has a stigma attached to it. You don’t want your child to be a daycare kid... it’s depressing. Now when it’s “school” it sounds uplifting. Your baby is learning and it is good for him/her!! Look how smart your baby is going to school! Whatever you want to call daycare is fine. The reality is the same- the child is away from home, being cared for 8,10 or 12 hours a day.

The child is cared for at home too, correct?

You don’t even realize how ignorant you sound, and yet you’re bragging about spending more time with your child. The irony is boggling though I’m sure you don’t get that.

You make NO sense.