Your mom might have just been trying to help you feel better about your decision - perhaps in that moment you sounded very well decided and she was just trying to be supportive. The other comments - eh, maybe just a suggestion rather than a 'I think you're raising your child incorrectly' kind of thing. You'd be the best judge of her intentions there, but I can think of plenty of times when I've made a suggestion and it's come out as 'the only way to do this'.
As for readiness to be away, it varies from child to child of course, again you and your dd need to be the judges:
What does your dd say about it? does she crave to be in school? Or if/when you mention it does she sound pretty lukewarm? I never thought my ds would have much say in what/when we did things when he was little, but boy when he just absolutely refuses to do something, well it's usually a good sign to back off. I am assuming she's fairly verbal already or you might not be considering sending her..?
Is there any way to try things out either at the school before committing big, or maybe have a few drop off playdates at a friends house?
***Spine of a book????? You know I think you could go your whole life without knowing that and still be ok. Sheesh! Who thinks up this stuff?
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