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[quote=Anonymous]Fit can be a serious issue even for a kid who has no major "issues."  Some environments bring out the best in some people; some bring out the worst.  Some environments will steer your kid in directions you approve of; others may send them to places you don't want them to go.

I didn't get preschool right for my DC (and had two tries).  Luckily, third time was a charm (I learned something different from each mistake) and fit has been lasting -- started at PreK and will enter HS soon.

But it can be hard to tell in the abstract, especially at that age.  So my honest answer to how do you know would have to be through "trial-and-error."  (And maybe that it's more important to choose an environment that plays to your kid's strengths rather than looking for an environment that will pull him/her out of some comfort zone.)  In all cases, we chose schools whose value systems seemed reasonably close to our own -- that's the relatively easy part, but it's definitely not the whole thing.   [/quote]

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