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Re:Decline of play and rise of sensory issues in preschoolers by MichaelGG on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @01:51AM (#10189931)
Schools in our area started at 7am for k and first grade. Some required taking a bus around 530-6. So my kids would be getting up at 4 something.

Screw that. I went to the school, picked a teacher I liked, hired her as a governess. Setup a room attached to the house as a classroom. Now school starts at 9am and it's much healthier. They sleep as much as they want, basically. (9-10 hours). Been doing it for a couple years now. Other parents have begged us to take their kids on.

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Re:Decline of play and rise of sensory issues in preschoolers by troels on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:56AM (#10190280)
Sounds like an expensive solution?
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Re:Decline of play and rise of sensory issues in preschoolers by nitrogen on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @04:40AM (#10190391)
A family with two developers' incomes could easily pay the equivalent of a teacher's salary in many places. Teachers are underpaid for what we expect them to do, so it should be unsurprising that some teachers underperform -- the highly qualified who lack intense passion leave.
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Re:Decline of play and rise of sensory issues in preschoolers by MichaelGG on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @12:42PM (#10192476)
Tuition at some places for two kids can get near the point of hiring a teacher.
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