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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids’ preK-12th grade school required letters on behalf of my then 3 year old. I think this is very typical, PPs.

OP I would get a letter from the nanny as well. [/quote]
This is not very typical. I can only guess that the reason they want a "letter of recommendation" for a child is to ascertain the pedigree of the family. That's the only thing that makes sense here. What could a note like that possibly say? "Larlo is a great napper and can count to 20." "Larlo inherited his intellect from his father, who runs a successful consulting business serving Fortune 500 companies."[/quote]

Ha. This sums it up. I would be more concerned about whether my spouse and I are sufficiently interesting and impressive enough. [/quote]

People who send their kids to these kinds of ultra-posh highly selective preschools have more complaints about them than people who send their kids to whatever run-of-the-mill preschool or daycare fits their budget and commute. You'll pay 4-5 times more for the privilege of having Larlo rub elbows with the who's-who of toddlers, and the school will lead you to believe they have 4 yos reading War and Peace, but every time Larlo puts a pea up his nose or says the word 'fart' a hundred times a row in the car, you'll wonder what the hell you're actually paying for.[/quote]

OP Look, I disagree with you but this not my question. The reality that some of these schools are pretty good in terms of college admissions and learning opportunities albeit not perfect. My issue is public schools around me are really bad. If I want a good public school guaranteed I need to move 1.5 hours away from my office. So I prefer to put him in a good private school. Also TBH the private schools I visited seemed to have a more nuanced approach to his social development than his current school. They were applying the same principles I am reading in psychology textbooks vs his current daycare is more like “don’t push” not “reinforcing the good, etc.”  Anyway off topic. [/quote]

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