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Preschool Search: Uber-Competitive Parents Stop at Nothing to Achieve Admission

baby graduatePreschool admissions. It's where the parenting strong are separated from the parenting weak. It's where you dig deep, way down deep inside, and see just what kind of parenting stuff you're made of.

Would you schedule a C-section in order to ensure your child will get one of 5 slots a school offers newborns each month? Would you fill out preschool application forms with an epidural stuck in your back? Would you start calling preschools at 5 weeks pregnant (essentially, as soon as the stick turns blue)? Or phone your desired school twice a day, everyday, for six months? How about sending flowers each week until your child is accepted? Or refusing to leave the preschool building until your child is secured a spot?

You wouldn't do that?  Pfffffft. *cough* wusses *cough* Good luck getting your kids into Oxford, say these London parents.


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carfree childhood said:

Parents who are calling preschools when they are five weeks pregnant aren't looking for preschool, they are looking for daycare.  These are parents who only get 12 weeks maternity leave, and need two salaries for luxuries like health insurance and shelter.  They also want to make sure their children are well taken care of.  The real scandal isn't that parents are competitive about getting their kids into preschool but that there are not enough spots in good, safe daycares for every child.  That and the high cost.

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