Cruising threw the vast internets this morning, I came across this lil' story from the AP.
As an expectant parent, I found it interesting. However, it may be a bit of the overkill in this case...
Parents, take it from the women who run one of the city's most sought-after preschools: Don't go crazy over getting your kids into the hot ticket in your town.
''We really feel strongly that a quality early childhood experience is essential for the growth and development of young children, and can give them a wonderful start for understanding what they need in order to learn,'' says Nancy Schulman, director of the 92nd Street Y Nursery School in Manhattan. ''But it doesn't have to be in a particular place.''
Schulman and associate director Ellen Birnbaum are used to encountering real preschool anxiety.
Parents, take it from the women who run one of the city's most sought-after preschools: Don't go crazy over getting your kids into the hot ticket in your town.
''We really feel strongly that a quality early childhood experience is essential for the growth and development of young children, and can give them a wonderful start for understanding what they need in order to learn,'' says Nancy Schulman, director of the 92nd Street Y Nursery School in Manhattan. ''But it doesn't have to be in a particular place.''
Schulman and associate director Ellen Birnbaum are used to encountering real preschool anxiety.
In hypercompetitive New York, the preschool application process is fraught with worry: limits on application numbers; play sessions that serve as school interviews; worries that somehow, whatever happens when children are just three or four years old will make or break their chances for success in life.
A spot at the 92nd Street Y--where teachers are considered among the best in their field and tuition runs $21 thousand a year for four- and five-year-olds--is coveted by many, including boldface names such as Woody Allen, Michael J. Fox and some of Wall Street's heaviest C-suite executives. It's sometimes called the Harvard of preschools.
But in their new book, Practical Wisdom for Parents: Demystifying the Preschool Years, which covers both home and school life, the educators say parents need to set aside all that.
Go with your gut when choosing a preschool and don't worry much about reputation, cost, or any of the scores of bewildering factors a parent weighs, they say....
Now, is my baby's future worth 21K???.... You betcha'!....Am I gonna spend that kind of money on a preschool? Highly unlikely. But it is a thought....Nawww, just kidding! Even I'm smarter than that...And I didn't go to a 21K preschool! lol!
A spot at the 92nd Street Y--where teachers are considered among the best in their field and tuition runs $21 thousand a year for four- and five-year-olds--is coveted by many, including boldface names such as Woody Allen, Michael J. Fox and some of Wall Street's heaviest C-suite executives. It's sometimes called the Harvard of preschools.
But in their new book, Practical Wisdom for Parents: Demystifying the Preschool Years, which covers both home and school life, the educators say parents need to set aside all that.
Go with your gut when choosing a preschool and don't worry much about reputation, cost, or any of the scores of bewildering factors a parent weighs, they say....
Now, is my baby's future worth 21K???.... You betcha'!....Am I gonna spend that kind of money on a preschool? Highly unlikely. But it is a thought....Nawww, just kidding! Even I'm smarter than that...And I didn't go to a 21K preschool! lol!
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