Worried parents taking children to psychologists

[larkspur]

Chenonceau:

larkspur:

sometimes will ask myself what did i do wrong during my pregnancy.

Never ever let anyone tell you it's your fault and you're a bad mom. It's NOT your fault and you are a GREAT mom.

i know but when the going gets tough, self doubt will set in. but i always pick myself up pretty soon cos i know i still have my son which needs my help.

[Chenonceau]

larkspur:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"larkspur\"]sometimes will ask myself what did i do wrong during my pregnancy.

Never ever let anyone tell you it's your fault and you're a bad mom. It's NOT your fault and you are a GREAT mom.

i know but when the going gets tough, self doubt will set in. but i always pick myself up pretty soon cos i know i still have my son which needs my help.[/quote] :snuggles: I have a lot of self-doubt too.

[phankao]

Daddy

janet_lee88:

OMG, I can't believe this.
How old are the kids then ?
BTW, hubby told me he has a friend who sends his kids to 2 different kindergartens - morning session one school and afternoon session somewhere else...the one in the afternoon session is to boost the child's Chinese. Bilingual ?

Pretty common practice nowadays I guess.
If u can't beat the system, join it?

This practice was not uncommon even more than 10yrs ago. Parents would send their kids to the more free-style programmes eg. Montessori in the morning, and then to the nearby PAP kindergarten in the afternoon so that they could pick up Mandarin from mixing with neighbourhood kids and also be drilled in prep for p1.

[pinky]

should classify this as mental abuse to kids

[jedamum]

phankao:

Daddy

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
OMG, I can't believe this.
How old are the kids then ?
BTW, hubby told me he has a friend who sends his kids to 2 different kindergartens - morning session one school and afternoon session somewhere else...the one in the afternoon session is to boost the child's Chinese. Bilingual ?

Pretty common practice nowadays I guess.
If u can't beat the system, join it?

This practice was not uncommon even more than 10yrs ago. Parents would send their kids to the more free-style programmes eg. Montessori in the morning, and then to the nearby PAP kindergarten in the afternoon so that they could pick up Mandarin from mixing with neighbourhood kids and also be drilled in prep for p1.[/quote]this arrangement ok what.
Montessori learning environment is actually not stressful and quite play/activity oriented.
PAP kindergarten also does not learn much; mainly songs, play etc.
then weekends can free up for rest and fun, why not?
the stress comes in in primary sch la.

[sean wife]

Actually the practice of sending preschool kids to 2 kindys (presumably one more learn thru play and one more academic learning) is it not a bit like a child attending full-day childcare? For most childcare centres, the kids take a short nap after lunch and then continue their learning after say 3-4pm right?


So for parents who dun need the childcare part but still want to child to be engaged with more activities during the day, the practice of going to one kindy in the morning, come home to shower and rest, then continue for 2-3 hours in another kindy might sound appealing, especially if the child is an only child cared for by caregivers who are not able to engage much with the child during the day…

[Lynn2010]

Daddy

janet_lee88:

OMG, I can't believe this.
How old are the kids then ?
BTW, hubby told me he has a friend who sends his kids to 2 different kindergartens - morning session one school and afternoon session somewhere else...the one in the afternoon session is to boost the child's Chinese. Bilingual ?

Pretty common practice nowadays I guess.
If u can't beat the system, join it?

This is no wonder kids can no longer be kids and has to see a psychologist/psychiatrist !!