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To: one_less who wrote (780182)

4/16/2014 6:58:22 PM

From: koan

Respond to of 1578448

It isn’t that patently black and white koan.

I am not going to advocate for two year olds going to preschool (even though my daughter did at that age), nor am I going to condemn it. Children have very different circumstances and in most cases an attentive parent is the very best source of early childhood development. >>

I think it is exactly that black and white. And the best case is both an attentive parent and pre school. You would be hard pressed to find more attentive parents than my kids or more educated, and the entire family worked together picking out the pre school. And they all have advanced degrees and are perfectly capable of teaching the kids pretty much anything.

There was never any debate as to whether they would go or not. Just which one?

What would those different circumstances be?

It is sort of funny that most rich people and academics fight over the best pre schools. Most rich people and academics make damn sure their kids go to pre school and sign up for the best ones at birth.

It is because it is common knowledge how much pre school helps their children intellectually.

The poor would love pre school, but cannot afford it, so their kids suffer. I think society should provide it for them if they want it. If they don't want it they don't have to send them.

I am not saying make is compulsory, I am saying make it available!