Hmm, not sure I agree with that. Pre-K has only been a thing for about 30 years. Before that kids socialized with their siblings and neighborhood kids. I know this from my own experience raising children. However, I also know that things have changed. A lot. When I was raising my children, where I lived most of us were stay at home moms. We had time to get our kids together for play time (we didn't have playdates, that would have meant coordinating). Instead they just roamed from yard to yard gathering up friends, playing in every place they could and just generally figuring out to to be a person. So us stay at home moms, nearly the last of our breed, spent time with each other, with our kids, in our churches and community places and raised our children to adulthood without two jobs and huge houses.We were not poor but lived modestly and shared our values. Sorry to see that time disappear.
Your point is absolutely valid, but I think in many parts of America that type of lifestyle is dead. In many cases, pre-k might be the only chance for socializing. Societal degradation. Daycares and nannies.
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. Pre-K has only been a thing for about 30 years. Before that kids socialized with their siblings and neighborhood kids. I know this from my own experience raising children. However, I also know that things have changed. A lot. When I was raising my children, where I lived most of us were stay at home moms. We had time to get our kids together for play time (we didn't have playdates, that would have meant coordinating). Instead they just roamed from yard to yard gathering up friends, playing in every place they could and just generally figuring out to to be a person. So us stay at home moms, nearly the last of our breed, spent time with each other, with our kids, in our churches and community places and raised our children to adulthood without two jobs and huge houses.We were not poor but lived modestly and shared our values. Sorry to see that time disappear.
Your point is absolutely valid, but I think in many parts of America that type of lifestyle is dead. In many cases, pre-k might be the only chance for socializing. Societal degradation. Daycares and nannies.