Just my two cents here, so take this for what it's worth!
It sounds to me like you're kind of wound up right now, which is not the best state to be in when you're trying to make a decision. I suggest taking a bit of time off from the subject.
As for being "ready for preschool," well, ahem, I'm not sure what that means apart from emotional maturity and being ready to be away from mom or dad for a while. She is your wonderful little daughter, and you can have a wonderful extra year with her at home.
I most certainly do not think that a child should be "ready" in any other way for something that should basically be an extended play date with arts and crafts thrown in for fun. I said FUN. I swear, this whole "readiness" thing is getting out of hand.
Our day care provider told me that kids around here have to know an assortment of facts before they can start kindergarten, and one of them is to be able to tell teacher what the spine of a book is.
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I don't think I knew that particular factoid until 4th grade, and I swear on the spine of my favorite book that my early ignorance on the subject has never harmed me.
Like I said, I think the "readiness" movement is going way too far. Sometimes I think it's all about guilt and competition. Pretty soon they'll be making us feel guilty about lack of "birth readiness" and telling us that Little Fetus must be able to sing the Ode to Joy in the womb if s/he ever expects to get into college!!! And it's all because of bad parenting if baby isn't born singing Ohhh Freuuuuuunde.....
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Val
Last edited by Val; 11/12/08 11:00 PM. Reason: typo
