Are pre-school children too stressed?

If children are stressed in the early years of education, we must examine the circumstances of the parents, not the program "nappy"

In an open letter to the Daily Telegraph yesterday, academics and other interested parties were critical of the "program of layers," a set of requirements for preschool children that the author Philip Pullman and others see as an obstacle in the form of "spontaneous play". Meanwhile, the Association of Teachers has reported a sharp increase in children are not potty trained before they start school. The world seems to pull in different directions -. Much more is expected of children at school, let alone the demands made at home

• In fact, I think both stories reflect the same trend. The belief that schools can do absolutely anything for a child that has its origin in politics, but the expectations of parents feed
• fixation with early learning - in the hands of the coalition and the Labor government before - is an attempt to solve the inequality that successive studies have shown that shut themselves up in the age of five years years. If only the government, centers for children, goals and programs, can intervene with equally high expectations around the world, then the inequality be eradicated. That was the plan anyway. Opponents now that peace against the ruins of the constant supervision of children in mind. I disagree with both, and it is not based on evidence (to be fair, is not a policy, or if it is, just by reading more tangential evidence). Preschoolers can make weekly assignments and a book at home, and an adult, that looks like a big question. But a child would not interpret that as the pressure of what they are asked to eat broccoli or make their own shoes. Reading a book is much less bulky than the harassment of "please" and "thank you" agenda. You are constantly picking on their kids, that's what childhood is, and always has been

If you are stressed, it is because their parents are stressed, which can not be separated from the emotional temperature of your family so you can "get out of poverty", while their parents are in the thereof. Oh, that reminds me, if their parents are stressed, it is most likely due to declining household budgets. Do not follow the program for answers, follow the money

The early years of education
National Curriculum

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