I have just returned from a play date with my DD, i dont think we shall be invited back again!! I have been friendly with DD friend's mum since baby group so thought i knew her quite welll!! Both girls are now year 2 but different schools. We got on to the conversation about schools and how the girls are doing. She got quite heated about how her daughter needs to be pushed. She insists that school must be taken very seriously, that there's no need to have fun, homework should be done as soon as she returns from school (at least an hour) and if they are going to succeed in life we must start to drill it into them now!! I disagreed!!!!!!! I believe school is about having fun, being inquisitive, happy children learn. Primary years are about being a child surely. My DD does her homework, we read together every night and play silly maths games in the car but the rest of the time shes playing. So should I be pushing her more? Should I be insisiting that school is about hard work and for her to take it more seriously or should I leave that for the many years of senior school she has ahead of her?
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