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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I only find it weird when people use the term “preschool” for a kid under 3 who is clearly going to daycare[/b]. I always get the vibe that they’re self conscious that their kid is going to daycare so they rebrand it as “school.” I say this as someone with a kid in daycare—it’s not school and it’s not supposed to be.  [/quote]

So what should I call where my DD goes? [b]Her childcare center[/b] starts at 18 months and offers part time and full time options that largely follow the public school calendar. In fact you apply for admission in the spring to start when school goes back. Summer enrollment is optional. The staff call themselves teachers and there is a curriculum. I call it her preschool because she thinks she is in school like her older sibling in public school. I’ve sent my oldest to a daycare that started at infant age so I have zero problems with daycare FWIW.

It just seems like people are unnecessarily trying to gate keep what can be called school when really the kids are learning at all sorts of centers. Personally I don’t really care if someone calls their childcare a daycare or a school. [/quote]

Dp. You answered your own question. Fwiw I think there is a good debate about what the terms mean and gatekeeping, but the alternative language isn't hard to come up with.[/quote]

However, that language is not widely used by parents or children. Don't know of any 4 year olds that say "I don't want to go to my childcare center!"[/quote]

Your four year old is probably going to a preschool, unlike that 18 month old in a different part of the center.

If you don't like the word daycare, you could say, "I gotta pick my kid up from childcare," on your way out of work. You, as an adult, can even say daycare or childcare to other adults while your child says school.

Or just call it school for everyone as it sounds like you prefer?

You do have options, though. It's not like you have to say school to other adults just because your kid likes to call it school.[/quote]

I also don’t have to call it daycare just because you don’t like my word choices. [/quote]

There are a lot of different posters on this thread who dislike your word choice, but I literally wrote, "or just call it school." [/quote]

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