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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to disagree with most of the other posters.

I agree that the nanny can teach all of the academics that would be covered in preschool but your DD would be missing the critical social and classroom time that is necessary before starting K. Learning how to sit through circle time, line up to go outside, listen to a variety of adults, share toys and materials with classmates, etc etc. I was a K teacher for 10 years and parents really underestimate the social prep kids need. I can teach reading and math to any kid that’s behind but for kids that don’t know the structure of a classroom it’s very obvious and they often struggle. [/quote]

Genuine question. They will have the same struggle whenever they start though right? It would be an adjustment its just whether that happens at age 4 or age 5? I assume the kids are basically ok by first grade.[/quote]

But wouldn’t you want them to learn this in a 3 hour morning preschool versus all day K.

Also, for those whose kids go to daycare I wouldn’t worry about not doing “preschool”. Most daycares are doing the same thing as the so called preschools for 3-4 year olds. [/quote]

I mean ideally yes but I guess my question is is sparing her a difficult first two month of kindergarten worth stretching our family very thin?[/quote]

OP, if you can’t spare a couple hundred dollars a month for part time church preschool, why on earth are you having a third kid?  And your husband isn’t contributing to retirement to pay for nanny?  Stop at 2. It’s all you can (barely!) afford!!![/quote]

No, as I explained earlier kind of, it is what we can afford responsibly. What we can afford while maintaining an emergency fund and contributing to retirement and not stretching the family thin. This would make me worried and cause us to move stuff around but it wouldn't be impossible or result in us being homeless or anything.

And this extraordinary cost will be gone in 5 years. [/quote]

You stopped your husband's retirement contributions to pay for a nanny.  And you think you're acting responsibly?  A good friend of mine has a saying that applies here:

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