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Rhiannon12866

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

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 02:36 PM

Jan 2015

Of course, when I was a kid, not all mothers worked, and preschool/child care wasn't as common. These days, it's most often a necessity. I turned five before the end of the year and I was far from the youngest, back in the day, while my cousin has a little girl who was born in the same month and she was actually required to wait until the next school year to start kindergarten. Apparently, the cut off is now September.

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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