Yuh huh- you're a conservative, yet you automatically think of only one possible reason why people might not want universal pre-k, when there are as many reasons as there are parents. Way to demogauge and dismiss an entire group, you have learned well from your master.
Children of pre-K age belong with their mothers, at home. It is a fundamentaly important period for strengthening parent-child bonds, which lay the foundation for how well your child will deal with life.
Obama is talking MANDATORY ("universal") pre-k, which means all children must attend. That is not a power enumerated to the federal government. Further, mandatory means taxes will be raised to fund it, and that makes it even harder for those who wish to keep their own children at home, since they are forced to fund others.
The longer kids stay at home with a parent, the better they do. Kindergarten used to be voluntary, did you know that? And the generation that started school in first grade scored significantly higher on SAT tests than this generation.
“Yuh huh- you’re a conservative, yet you automatically think of only one possible reason why people might not want universal pre-k, when there are as many reasons as there are parents. Way to demogauge and dismiss an entire group, you have learned well from your master.
Children of pre-K age belong with their mothers, at home. It is a fundamentaly important period for strengthening parent-child bonds, which lay the foundation for how well your child will deal with life.
Obama is talking MANDATORY (”universal”) pre-k, which means all children must attend. That is not a power enumerated to the federal government. Further, mandatory means taxes will be raised to fund it, and that makes it even harder for those who wish to keep their own children at home, since they are forced to fund others.
The longer kids stay at home with a parent, the better they do. Kindergarten used to be voluntary, did you know that? And the generation that started school in first grade scored significantly higher on SAT tests than this generation.”
First of all, my master? Maybe tone down the insults and we can have a conversation.
Some parents work. You’ll need to deal with reality at some point. I would love it if my wife could stay home and take care of our little girl. However, for many reason she cannot. It’s really easy to say “this is the way it should be, darnit!” but the culture in America has changed.
I was in after school program as a kid because both my parents worked. I turned out to be a conservative Christian family man. No socialism here!
I only agree with the idea of widely-available pre-k. I realize, however, that the devil’s in the details. If there was a responsible way to provide that to families I think we should.
“Do you guys just not like it because Obama’s doing it?”
Notice how that was put into question form. I’m not accusing anyone, just questioning your motives. Although it’s clear to me you’re old-fashioned. Nothing wrong with that if you want to sit on your front porch whittling and talking about how rotten everything’s become.
You offer no solutions.