Do You Think There Should Be A Law Against Kids Starting Pre K And Then Taking Them Out Until 1st Grade?
I have a niece who has lived with us since she was 4 weeks old she is currently 5 and was attending pre k until yesterday. Here mom took her out of school and does not plan to put her back in until 1st grade. I personaly think they should pass a law that states once you enroll a child in school you can not take them out.
I have to agree with you on this. Preschool is the best start. Not only to children develop social skills, they also start learning alphabet and numbers.
When I enrolled my son in Kindergarten, the principal had a meeting for all the parents to let them know what was expected for Kindergarten. Children were expected to know their ABC’s and to be able to count to 10 BEFORE entering Kindergarten – and this is a public school.
By the end of Kindergarten, my son is expected to be able to write a paragraph by himself, with correct punctuation. Misspellings are okay, but by first grade, no more misspelling.
If this mother waits until first grade, her child might be way behind, and at this stage in life, that is very hard to recover from. Other children will make fun because this child does not have the necessary skills, which will lead to low self-esteem, which can lead to bullying, which can eventually lead to criminal activity, drugs and sexual promiscuity. …. And all because the mother wanted to wait until first grade.
Show this to the mother. Ask her if she really wants to hold back her child.
My stepdaughter was put into kindergarten and then pulled out for a few months, changed schools and then started again. By LAW, they can’t force her into anything until she’s 6 yrs old. Right now she’s 5 yrs old.
It’s sad because only the child suffers from moving from school to school. It’s lack of consistency with putting them in, letting them adjust, then pulling them out and adjusting to that schedule too. Kids REALLY need to have stability and I agree that it hurts them to have the back and forth. But making it “law”, well they can’t force parents to be good parents either so it still comes down to being a good mother/father to best benefit your child. And well, we’re not all born with common sense. Or at least we are but half don’t know how to use it!
I don’t think kids should be put into school before age 4, minimum, I hate seeing babies and toddlers at “school”. You’re there for 13 years of your life, anyway, not counting college. Why start a tiny kid in school before they want/have to go?
Here kids have to be enrolled by age 5, unless they’re being home-schooled. Kindergarten is mandatory where I live.
As far as being forced to stay in school after being enrolled, if a kid starts before they are ready and don’t have to be there legally, they should be allowed to be pulled out by the parents/guardians. I don’t like the idea of kids being in school before they are ready.
No way!! Most of the school systems are so screwed up right now that if that law existed ppl would have to break it. I think you do what is best for the child. We don’t know why she decided to pull her out she could have a perfectly good reasoning behind it.
Edited to add my sil had to pull my niece out of pre K last year. Some kids it takes longer to adjust then others. Some parents think there child is ready for school when they really are not mentally there yet.
You don’t really have to go to school until the 1st grade,I think that per-k and kindergarten should be the parents choice,not the governments.
You mean outlaw homeschooling?
Of course not. Children don’t belong to schools. They belong to families.
All the best.
Nothing until 1st grade is mandated.
Sometimes a child shouldn’t be in school until then.
No. You can’t mandate parental instinct, nor can you mandate a parent’s right to make decisions in their child’s interest.
I know Pre-K is not, but I thought Kindergarten was mandatory now in all states?
Uh oh… sounds like you have worse problems… Need Children’s Services?
sure why not.