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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 25-26 school year had the first round of COVID babies, and this didn’t seem to be an issue. If anything, our Kindergarten team reported that this year’s class was more talkative and social than they’d seen in recent memory. [/quote]

I think actually having parents at home during their formative years, and not having to go to daycare until they were 3+ has made a real difference in the pandemic babies. It's too bad there aren't more part time wfh jobs. [/quote]

Apparently you had a different situation than most. Most of us were teleworking full time with no childcare access. Kids were basically abandoned while their parents tried to keep their jobs. Our daycare was high quality and my kids missed out on it.

My oldest (not a pandemic baby) was the one who missed out the most. Her school closed during her 3 year old class and she didn't have any PreK at all before starting K. I wish I'd held her back from starting K. Pre-K is such an important year. It's basically what K used to be.[/quote]

My oldest was also in a 3s class that closed. What I recall a bit differently is that SO MANY parents in this area were simultanenously afraid to send their kids to school. I did not share that fear so I sent my kid to a different preschool that reopened after 2 months. Even then, it was just one class with only 9 or 10 kids (not capped enrollment) as opposed to usual capacity of two 16 kid classes. I then continued there the next year for pre-k. My point being there was space if you looked around, just many weren't interested. [/quote]

Yes, my 4 year old was in a 20 hour a week program while her sisters' public elementary was fully closed and then only 2 days a week. And it was honestly the best preschool experience any of my kids had.[/quote]

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