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[quote=Anonymous]NP. I am a recovering "trying to be a relaxed parent of K."  I felt the same as OP when my kids were in K because the curriculum seemed so slow.  My ideal was a super small class size and an accelerated curriculum, but was not in a position to pay $25K a year per child.

While I was antsy, my kids, who performed above grade level across the board, were NOT.  They were not bored or unhappy in any way.  On the contrary, they were happy to breeze through the reading/math and LOVED art, science and history and also, just being around friends.

My concerns were that they were not working at their potential and that they were learning to "coast."  I am still a bit concerned about the "coasting" part - I sought out activities that would challenge them outside of school to address this.  Otherwise, I am coming to see things a different way - that my kids have years and years and years ahead of working hard and finding ways to max out their academic potential and that the first few years - as long as there is a soild foundation - really should be about getting the kids off to a happy, positive start to their "formal" education.  I've become more sensitive to the "race to nowhere" culture common in this area, taken a deep breath and made big attempts just to let them be kids for now.  I am still very invested and involved, but have taken a few steps back from worrying so much about how challenged my kids are at school right now.[/quote]

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