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femmocrat

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4. I did too.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 11:00 AM

Jan 2015

And it was half-day. If I had a child with a late birthday, I would hold him/her back too, since it is mostly full-day now. Kindergarten is now what first grade used to be.

In a lot of cases, parents like full-day because it is free and they don't have to pay for child care. I can understand that, too.

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The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten [View all] elleng Jan 2015 OP

Well, why wait until grade two to make kids feel like failures? NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #1

Scares me, elleng Jan 2015 #2

I saw a news report on how parents don't let their kids start kindergarten now until they're 6... Rhiannon12866 Jan 2015 #3

I did too. femmocrat Jan 2015 #4

Can't help wondering how far this could go since parents want their kids to be as mature as possible Rhiannon12866 Jan 2015 #5