Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 15:40     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

eh. no school can guarantee that. it's gonna depend on the teachers. tour some schools and see if you can get a get a read on how many teachers seem thoughtful and caring
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 11:07     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

So you're in an abusive marriage and your child is exposed to it and is now mimicking some behaviors? Get out! That should be your only priority right now. Preschool isn't going to help if your kid is witnessing abuse on a daily basis
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 11:05     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Op, you need to get your kid out of the home environment. Can he stay with another relative? Can the two of you move iut?
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 11:02     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

You talk about tikun olam. Check out the Jewish schools!
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 10:34     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Most preschools should be teaching this in the ciriculum. Sharing toys, “helpers”, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 08:25     Subject: Re:Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

I understand what you’re looking for, but it’s also developmentally inappropriate. Any good preschool is going to teach the kids how to share, not to be mean to others, etc., but kids at that age generally are still just developing the ability understand how their behavior affects others, so empathy isn’t something they can fully understand. For three and four year olds, the responsibility for building each other up and healing the world is too much to put on them.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 08:08     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Look for a Quaker preschool.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 07:19     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Where are you. Our in home daycare is amazing. Loving, nurturing, teach about sharing. But you need to fix it at home because no amount of daycare is going to counteract your stress and anxiety and what is being observed in the family. Good luck OP
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 07:19     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

No school will be a counterweight to a crap home environment.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 07:15     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Where do you live/what area ?
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 07:14     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Try a mainstream (Protestant/Catholic) Christian preschool. Although nothing is going to fix him until your home environment improves...
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2018 00:01     Subject: Re:Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

I wasn't speaking about "my" behavior, per se. It is the dynamics. I am trying to improve the situation, in every way, I can assure you. But, I realize that other than his home environment, the next place he will spend the majority of his time is in his school environment. So., I am hoping he will be exposed to the most loving, kind, and nurturing environment which will also aid in instilling kind values in him.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2018 23:18     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Yes, fix your home, OP.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2018 23:11     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

Maybe you should change your behavior at home vs hoping someone else will fix it.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2018 23:06     Subject: Is there a preschool in N. VA area whose program emphasizes kindness, healing and helping others?

My son is incredibly loved but our household tends to be tense, and I believe he is privy to too much angst, irritability and aggravation. I see him beginning to express certain behaviors as a result of this. Can anyone recommend a reputable preschool whose programs focus primarily on emphasizing kindness to one other, respect, encouragement, positivity, building each other up and also has a vision of Tikkun Olam (“healing the world”)
Basically, I’m looking for him to learn that just being a good and loving individual should come before anything else —-