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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The environment at DD's CES is similar to what 08:18 described. A handful of kids seem to breeze through the day without caring but from what I've seen from being at the school and talking to parents the academic emphasis does seem to impact most of them and there are a significant number who get very stressed out and as PP said in such a diplomatic way "were not developing in healthy ways."

If your child gets a spot, my advice would be to make sure you think hard about your child's emotional well-being as you take the tour and gather more information. I have heard some families with multiple children who went through the same CES program find that it pushes one child in a positive way while it pushes another child in the opposite direction.[/quote]

I think while most parents think they try to balance their kids out with sports, music, etc, the situation is that (at least at our center) other kids will "up" them on it. There wasn't as much of an issue in 4th grade as they were new and just trying to make new friends, but you start seeing the peer influence heavily in 5th grade.  You can tell your child over and over again that certain things are irrelevant, but 10/11 year olds are at a stage where they are beginning to be highly influenced by peers.  Additionally, when I say development, I truly mean downtime or unstructured time for the kids, or time where they partake in kindness types of activities that extend beyond the child's own achievements.  This is sorely lacking from what I have observed from the peer cohorts my chld has at the CES.   Perhaps this is sorely lackng overall for many kids, be it they are at the CES or not.[/quote]

What do you mean “up” them on it? 
My DC is in 4th at a CES and is having a good experience. [/quote]

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