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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it weird that parents on dcum will do a LOT for their children's education however some of the same people won't work with their kids to get them K ready and just wait an extra year. [/quote]

Getting ready for K can mean sitting for long stretches of time silently, listening to prolonged instruction and having limited/hardly any free play. This isn’t what Kindergarten ever was and kids haven’t changed but K has. On the first day at our school kindergarteners were asked to write a sentence about their summer. I am sure lots of people will respond how their 4 year old loves writing sentences, but most kids can’t do that before K and they shouldn’t be. Kids felt confused and bad that they couldn’t do it. Not a great first experience to school.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/06/in-massachusetts-a-disturbing-trend-in-kindergarten/
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Yes, it was how K always was.  You are idealizing it in your mind and preschools need to do a better job preparing kids as parents are not.[/quote]

If you read the article it clearly says it didn’t use to be like this and why it’s bad for kids. “Preparing” then younger for more academic work is not the answer and burns kids out. This is a huge reason in the uptick in redshirting IMO. [/quote]

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