Family, Not Preschool, Is the Secret to a Good Education
“I was so worried my son wouldn't pass his kindergarten entrance exam,” one of my friends recently told me, noting that his child hadn't attended preschool. “That's my pet peeve!” another friend sputtered at the mention of preschool. She noticed that many schools today want to make sure kids know their letters before entering kindergarten, but those same students can barely read by the time they're ready for first grade, even when they had attended preschool. The kids almost seem burned out, she observed. In contrast, she witnessed firsthand how, without attending a “professional” preschool,…