Boys Need More Time
Just read this article: "Youngest Students Most Likely to Be Expelled". The article talks about how frequently children under the age of 6 are expelled from their preschools. I find it very telling that this article focuses on the usual solutions to this problem: more funding, better teacher training, etc. Yet they miss the obvious fact that these children (most often boys) are too young to be put in an institutional setting. Maybe the children being expelled are getting exactly what is BEST for them: the opportunity to stay home with their mothers for a few more years. These boys with behavior problems at such a young age, in my opinion, are suffering from premature separation from their mothers, and are not ready for ANY kind of a formal school setting. The writer of the article is assuming that being expelled from a school at the age of 3 or 4 is a bad thing. I'd say it's just what they need. Sad commentary on America.
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It would be great if these children were spending that time with their mothers, but it is sad that many of them go into a 40 + hr day care situation replacing one institution for another.
Yes, it's very sad that something that should be obvious is overlooked by parents due to (what appears to be) misplaced priorities. That's not a "blanket statement", of course. I know that there are exceptions.
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