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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with most of this but what's the point of criticizing parents who send their kids to Kumon or other academic program? They obviously care about their child's development and so what if you don't think that should include academic work at this age but they do? Also, I don't think any kid could go to Kumon and come out with advanced math skills. A lot of children just aren't developmentally ready to think that way. The kids that are doing this and are learning a lot are very bright. That isn't to say that your kids aren't bright because you didn't send them to a similar program and they don't have these skills but it sounds very insecure when you make comments like "any monkey can be sent to kumon for a summer and come out with advanced math skills."

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A mom who is NOT sending her kid to Kumon and agrees with everything else you said

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the point of knowing multiplication and division. They don't get to that till 3rd grade. By that point your child would have forgotten or been bored for 3 years.

Learning to be self sufficient, empathetic, develop good social skills, take risks is far more valuable. Any monkey can be sent to kumon for a summer and come out with advanced math skills. The other stuff if harder.

Or let then learn an instrument or sport which helps teach all of the above. Bragging about math and reading skills after putting your child in an environment whose sole purpose is to work on those skills is just silly
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