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I am an optimist and yet, I have to agree; the disparity between what goes on at home and what gets done at school is astounding between different  SES groups. 
We are a family who had one year at a title one school for our Pre-K er. My child and my family looked the same as the other kids and families at school. She rarely had things to discuss about events in her and our lives on the weekends or after school with those friends at school. The things we like to spend our leisure time on (art, lessons, reading, travelling) were not the same as my child's classmates. We know this not because we assumed it but because saw it ourselves.
Pick up and drop off had multiple children in cars with loud inappropriate music or kids not really of age to do so, just meandering in themselves. We had play at our house and at my childs friends houses' several times with different friends even and not once was there an activity that did not involve television. It's difficult to watch the capital in these young, fresh minds being squandered, or perhaps if not squandered, get neglected. 
My kids love TV like most other kids.... and we watch probably more than is healthy, especially on weekends. But we also play with toys together and build things and visit places in town and out of town. Basic enrichment, often just at home playtime, is where the yawning gap begins. And before the pile on happens, I know "basic" is a relative term and that having time energy and money to provide the basics is the difference.......[/quote]

This is the post others should be reading. This is the crux of the problem. It is why the gap will persist, or even widen, as more families learn about the benefits of parental involvement. [/quote]

Whahhhhhh!!!??? So the gap will widen because more parents understand the importance of engagement and more kids move up the spectrum?  I'm confused.  Help me out here. [/quote]

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