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Anonymous wrote:For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot. I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid.

Yikes. It sounds like YOU think this setup is terrible and so you assume your child will also. You sound like a smothering SAHM. Even with what you describe, it is still better for your child to get out of the house and experience other child and adults. You also sound dramatic. There is no way your child is eating “alone” as that is most likely illegal. You act as though your child is put alone in a room at lunch. No, the child is simply not sitting right next to others. Also, your child has no idea about the amount of toys they had previously or that they weren’t on a bath mat. You’re also assuming that any routine out of the normal is simply too hard on your child. Saying good bye from the parking lot...it makes no difference to your CHILD where the good bye is said. Again, you’re selfishly only considering yourself.

Sorry but you’re doing your child a disservice. Upset over masks? Lady, your kid will be wearing a mask for years. You’re missing out on an opportunity for in person learning that your child may not have again for a long time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Money is definitely a strong factor. Plus they can get work to agree right now that they can have kids at home.

There is no way this was written by a parent with a 1, 2 or 3 at home. Not a single working parent prefers to have NO SAFE CHILDCARE just because it’s cheaper. Not a one.

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Anonymous wrote:No, it is not about the money for us. It’s 100% safety concerns.

I can’t imagine any parent who took the time to research preschools, visited them, went through the application and interview process, would withdraw for any reason other than safety.

OP here. No, these are the parents whose kids have been attending the same preschool for a few years now. It’s not a brand new school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot. I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid.

Yikes. It sounds like YOU think this setup is terrible and so you assume your child will also. You sound like a smothering SAHM. Even with what you describe, it is still better for your child to get out of the house and experience other child and adults. You also sound dramatic. There is no way your child is eating “alone” as that is most likely illegal. You act as though your child is put alone in a room at lunch. No, the child is simply not sitting right next to others. Also, your child has no idea about the amount of toys they had previously or that they weren’t on a bath mat. You’re also assuming that any routine out of the normal is simply too hard on your child. Saying good bye from the parking lot...it makes no difference to your CHILD where the good bye is said. Again, you’re selfishly only considering yourself.

Sorry but you’re doing your child a disservice. Upset over masks? Lady, your kid will be wearing a mask for years. You’re missing out on an opportunity for in person learning that your child may not have again for a long time.

Anonymous wrote:Money is definitely a strong factor. Plus they can get work to agree right now that they can have kids at home.

Anonymous wrote:For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot. I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid.

Anonymous wrote:For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot. I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid.

Anonymous wrote:For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot. I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid.

Anonymous wrote:No, it is not about the money for us. It’s 100% safety concerns.

I can’t imagine any parent who took the time to research preschools, visited them, went through the application and interview process, would withdraw for any reason other than safety.