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kiva

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13. Or kids could just have a few years to be kids.

Mon May 6, 2013, 11:41 PM

May 2013

I know there is no universal agreement about this, but we expect children to go to school for 13 years, more with college, and then they are adults - not a lot of time to be children. There are still many parents who juggle schedules to have one of them at home, and there are some good daycare facilities that don't just plunk kids in front of TVs.

You see more of this age than I do - I get them at the other end, in college - but I can't help but feel that pre-school is not where we should be putting out time, money, and energy.

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We're getting beat on preschool. Dial up warning. [View all] sheshe2 May 2013 OP

Blame the American voter. They Love to vote for Republicans who Love to ... BlueJazz May 2013 #1

k and r for one damned depressing graphic niyad May 2013 #2

I know, niyad. sheshe2 May 2013 #3

K & R LeftInTX May 2013 #4

K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #5

Depressing, and yet... DeadLetterOffice May 2013 #6

What's depressing is that we have to worry about getting 3-year-olds into the rat race. WTF? reformist2 May 2013 #7

We did private preschool for our son and it was so worth it. aikoaiko May 2013 #8

I know a kid in preschool in Mexico nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #9

Not snarky, but why does this even matter? kiva May 2013 #10

The Obama adminstration is advocating for free, quality, universal preschool RayOfHope May 2013 #11

Or kids could just have a few years to be kids. kiva May 2013 #13

And most everything else Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #12

Denmark's usual starting age is 1? Jamaal510 May 2013 #14

same bullshit as 'american schools are failing!!!!" more education deform propaganda. HiPointDem May 2013 #15