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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our preschool is 3 hours per day and closed on holidays and breaks; it is proverbial “pre”-school and mimics school. Daycare is 8 hours or more and year-round, so nothing like school. It’s weird to call that preschool.[/quote]

Clearly you don't have a preschooler in daycare, and that's fine! But daycares typically include preschool curricula at the appropriate ages. In the afternoons, they have "aftercare".  During the summer, they transition to summer camp. It's not complicated. What you just hate is that the kids' moms WOH. You can't handle the fact that their kids are getting a preschool education.. Those kids don't deserve that![/quote]

Many parents who WOH call all childcare for under 3's "daycare," especially if they fall into a lower SES. Many parents who WOH and use nannies and half-day preschool also may not call childcare for 1 and 2 year olds preschool. There have been several on this thread.

Not all WOH parents enroll their toddlers in a childcare facility that labels itself as preschool, and half-day preschools are not solely used by SAHP.  I even have a co-worker who uses an in-home daycare in addition to half-day preschool.

Personally, I don't care what you call it, but it's not a WOH issue. WOH vs SAHP is a whole different (and also dumb) debate.

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