Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Why does pre-school exist?

I didn't use preschool as daycare. As a SAHM I would have been crazy to pay someone to look after my kid for me when I could just as easily have had alone time on the weekends.

Have you ever sat through a whole preschool class? My god, but it's fun! You get to play on a playground, sing songs, play with paint in crazy new ways, have a different massive set of toys constantly (our mini pack of magna blocks is no competition with the preschool's and don't even get me started on their playmobil!), all with multiple friends. Compared to sitting at home with your mother and a crayon...