I have made up my mind (I think!) that dd will not go to preschool next year. I just don't think she will be ready and honestly I don't see the point. She will not be 3 until the end of October, so she will still be very young.
Anyhow, I was talking to my mom just now, and I told her what I was thinking. She told me "well honestly I think that the 5 day a week program at St.--- (where I was going to send her) is stupid. I think people that do enroll thier children in that program are only doing so because they work and need childcare, or because they want to be able to tell people that they can afford to send their child to St.---." Give me a break...way to generalize Mom.
She went on to say that I need to enroll dd in more organized programs and basically socialize her more than I am. I need to enroll her in preschool for the January of that school year and if not she will not be ready for preschool the following Fall and she will go on to have behaviour programs in elementary school. I shared with her my feelings about having to be ready for perschool...isn't preschool a time to be ready for kindergarten? Why do they need to be ready for preschool?
Now I am so confused. I don't want her to never be able to be without me. I don't want her to have anxiety when I leave her at kindergarten or preschool. I don't want to have regrets you know?
I never thought deciding on preschool would be such a big deal to me. Maybe I am just making into something it doesn't need to be.
Help! Does my mom have a good point?
