What do they mean by school? What age are these children?
Where I'm from, the typical age to potty train is 2-4 years, so 25% at age 6-7 sounds very high.
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In the UK you start school at 4
Maybe you shouldn't if you're not potty trained...easy as
Who in their right mind forces their kid into the hellscape that is school at 4 years old?? How to fuck up your kids social and mental developement 101 much?
Compulsory school age is 5, but most start in reception at 4. I do agree though that it's far too young. People will look at you with three heads though if you suggest it's too young here though.
It is more about having a place to dump your child for the day. Especially true since no family can get by without dual incomes and extended social support has broken down completely.
Also reception isn't anywhere near as formal as Year 1. It's pretty much an extension of the nursery experience which many children will have given the need for both parents to work.
I myself have called it "a place to dump your child", but in reality even nursery is early years education. The real purpose of these places was meant to be education. Many politicians do think of nursery (and school!) primarily as a place to keep kids busy with little regard for quality of learning.
"School" starts at 3 in France. But it's more like a kindergarten for 3 years, then you enter primary school at 6 where you learn reading and writing.
The British.
I started at 3.
That explains a lot, thanks!
The concern is over "Pandemic babies" who would be hitting 4 this year and entering Reception class at the end of the summer holidays before starting primary school the following year.
Thanks, is the missing context!
6-7 is really old to be using diapers for a developmentally normal child.