Lazy, if a 5 year old can't start to read and write by that age they aren't going to get very far in life. It will teach them simple discipline as well, in my first 2 years at school all I did was get into fights and roll around on the carpet in front of the white board so it's not as if they'll learn much in the first couple of years anyway.
Genuine Concern or Lazy Mums?
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5 seemed like as good a time as any when I was about that age - I was a little tiny bit late learning to read/write but being around other kids who where learning it helped. I definitely think the basics for reading and writing should be worked in well before a child is 7 or 8.
Yeah because thats what they all do.......
You had a 120 hour work week between your parents and no child care prior to school?
I am not suggesting it is hard work as in graft, it is emotionally hard, it is often very mundane, if you have had a rewarding career it oa hard to give that up and potentially take the self esteem hit that may come with it.
Yeah my dad basically worked nights as a quality manager in a factory and my mum took up shifts in tescos when she could and they somehow made it work split sleeping and stuff. And when my grandmother on my mothers side retired early it was easier.
They weren't career people, just people trying to make ends meet, make mortgage payments etc. I think parents are more financially prepared now but 2 kids and a mortgage in your early 20's isn't easy going.
Earlier up there on that list, Finland is fifth up.
They start school at 6 or 7, and you learn to read and write in the first grade.
And they seem to do pretty well.
Of course, if you go to kindergarden before school while being 4 or 5, you will learn earlier.
But not everyone does that. I went to school when I was 7 (Due to being born early in the year) and I turned out alright without knowing how to read or write before that. Yeah, weird childhood.
There are these annoying unexpected things called redundancies
For a few days or a week, yes. However, unlike a job where you get to go home in the evenings and take the weekend off, kids are a 24/7/365 job. You don't get to rest (unless you palm them off on someone else).
One of the plus i can see about schooling at an older age is to do with summer babies, my son for instance was born in august so when he started the reception year at infant school hehe had only just turned 4 when a lot of kids were approaching 5, in year 1 it was still very noticable and he only started catching up in year 2, he is now 7 and although many of his class mates are reaching 8 there is no difference academically between them now.
But are you claiming it's harder than going to work a full week and then assisting with childcare in your (former) free time?
Well, for one thing, running school years in line with calendar years means that at the end of year 12, everyone in year can go out and enjoy a legal drink.
Here, some unlucky buggers get shafted by 4 months
no its exactly the same here
If you aren't old enough to drink you are either
a - unlucky that your Bday is RIGHT at the end of the school year, ie end of August
OR
you Birthday is sept 1 > and you would be in year 11 anyway.
It works EXACTLY the same way
but if someone spent all day at work then all evening/weekend looking after their kids then they have the worst of both worlds don't they. I suppose everyone is different and all kids are different but I find it easy. A walk in the park, literally.