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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think once they're 3-4- it's "school" it's pre-school, pre-k, etc. And it's good to have the kid start thinking about going to school, learning, etc. But anything before... c'mon get over yourself. Totally just to make themselves feel less guilty about the cost and time away from their kid. [/quote]

Seriously?

When my 18 month old moves the dirt on the floor of my kitchen around with a swiffer, I tell him he's "cleaning".

When my 22 month old splashes in the pool, I call that "swimming".

When my 2 year old leafs through a book and names all the trucks, I comment on his "reading".

Many things that infants and toddlers do are approximations of things that older kids and do, and in every day speech we don't distinguish.  Daycare in a center has somethings in common with school, and leads to school down the line.  So, calling it school, especially when speaking to a young child, makes sense.  It's not about not feeling guilty, it just fits in with the way we speak to young kids in general.

Judging people, on the on the other hand, is a terrible thing to model for your young children.  OP and her friend sound awful.

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It's one thing to tell your kid it's school so they start thinking of it like that like the other activities you mentioned. It's another thing to call it school to other adults and social media and to yourself. My kid is with a nanny. Should I start saying "we're home schooling??" [/quote]

My friends are all wise enough in the ways of the world that when I post a copy of my baby's first "school picture", they can figure out that it was taken at daycare and not at Harvard.  They are also smart enough to figure out that when I post a picture of my baby "reading" I don't mean he's decoding the words and analyzing the text.  They aren't threatened by me using the same words for these things, because their self esteem doesn't depend on feeling superior.

Why are you policing other people's vocabulary.  If someone says "I have to drop Suzie off at school", you know exactly what they mean, so what's the big deal?[/quote]

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