School as child care

[Differentforgirls]

From another thread.

A poster said that state schools are there for helping parents to work. Therefore teachers are childminders. Teachers!

I think schools are there to educate our children and, though the staff go above and beyond these days, that is their primary function.

AIBU?

You shouldn’t be paying for the extra food. This was a bugbear of mine when I was an Early Years Team Leader.

I actually contacted the SG about it. And they agreed.

About Grandparents, my dad was 49. I’m 62.

Do you not see that’s a big difference?

Anyway, my OP was about devaluing Education as child care.

Still stand by it despite the personal attacks.

I’m on the boomer “cusp”

I do think your generation has it harder in terms of house buying, wages etc.

But that really wasn’t the point of my OP.

I just don’t think that education should be seen as child care.

We didn’t either.

Oh, so you didn’t choose to use a school nursery at aged 3/4? Interesting choice for someone who values teaching and education.

Presumably either you or someone else cared for your children before reception? Who was it?

We don’t have reception in my country.

But no one has devalued education.

They've said they value the roles school play and what teachers do while appreciating they can work during these hours.

This is just a fact. I'm struggling to see why you fail to see this.

Could you actually the posts where posters have specifically said they don't value teachers or education as no one else can see this.

You have P1 which is at a similar age, slightly different cut-offs and school nursery the year before attached to many primary schools.

You failed to answer my questions.

I didn’t read your questions. By slightly different cut offs do you mean a whole years?

Me.

I thought your dad did two full days and your MIL one half day?

And she did use pre school, she said so earlier on the thread. Come on OP, atleast stick to the same story.

So you were working full time and looking after children? Probably in a wfh job taking the piss out of your employer. People like you give working parents a bad name!

What is the point of this now? Drag it on so it gets to 40 pages and then - what? Gold star?

I didn’t “use” pre school. I sent both of my children to school nursery for 2 half days a week to get them ready for school. I sat in the parents room for my first as he was a bit wobbly, and dropped off and picked up my second as he loved it. Both knew I was there if they wanted me.

Yet here you are…

How were you there for the one you dropped off and picked up? If he’d cried for you you’d have no idea til you got back.

and someone else literally just asked you who looked after them if you didn’t send them to a school nursery and you said “me” 🤯

I was in my house 5 minutes away beside my phone.

You think the nursery would have let him call you if he wanted you?

No. I worked part time in the office and had my husband and parents there when I was at work.

They would have phoned me.

Gosh you’re more removed from reality than I thought. If he hurt himself and needed to come home they’d have phoned you. If he cried and said “I want my mum”, you’d have been none the wiser.

Cut the story telling, it’s embarrassing.

If you’re embarrassed, why are you so invested in this?

Don't you think every parent does this whilst settling DC in?

I don’t know every parent.