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Nanners's avatar

I'm sorry, but didn't the parents talk to their kids and read to them during lockdowns, or didn't they potty train them?? I don't get it. They don't JUST do those things in school, parents do those things at home. I'm missing something. I get that kids lost learning time at school, but I don't how that would affect their speech and potty training.

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Lea Marshall's avatar

This sounds like a parent problem to me. I certainly was NOT in school at age 4 (and was always very THANKFUL that I had not been forced to be in school 1 second before it was necessary.) My parents put me directly into 1st grade at age 5 and that was the appropriate thing to do as we didn't have kindergarten back then. I'm STILL thankful that I wasn't forced to waste another year in school. As it turned out, I spent 6 glorious years in college taking huge overloads each quarter or semester, following my own personal interests and then I took 40 graduate courses later on to get trained for something I was truly interested in and continue to use to this day. I could've sought a Dr's degree instead, but I didn't want a bunch of external demands placed on me, nor would I tolerate a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals second-guessing me!

I'm almost 70 now, in excellent health, and thankfully, I still get up each day thrilled to use the skills I learned all those years ago to teach children how to become marvelous musicians through singing, playing violin or piano!

What a life!!!!

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