The Official TFK Father's Issues Thread. I don't know how they do it

Hard to know.

As it’s pre-school, I’d probably side with them a bit. They would expect a certain level of maturity or socialisation. They aren’t really set up to manage a lad like that. Higher ratios etc.

Creche should be set up to deal with it and would be very unlikely to ring home like that.

Kev, I reckon you’d be a top judge on that celebrity fatso thing.

My first memory of school is some kid shitting himself and the teacher putting a pair of tights on him as no replacement trousers. Id to sit next to him after. Few tears never kilt anyone

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Definitely up there with uprooting kids to move 1000s of miles away and then uprooting them 18 months later to move back when it’s all gone pear shaped

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Boom. Head shot. There’s no fixieing that.

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Kid wasn’t happy Kev. I’d much prefer to know my kid wasn’t happy there as opposed to having some bitch taking 1000 a month off me and keeping quiet about what’s really happening.

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Clinical

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Wrong. They just need regular love. Doesn’t need to be “tough”, or anything else.

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Gets alot of it, maybe too much. I personally think its gone too far tge other way.

Probably.

You have to laugh at lads wanting to send a small fella to psychologist and tell him he’s not up to play school :joy::joy::joy:

Stay away from the coaching anyway lads.

Nothing wrong with kids traveling and seeing a bit of the world and other cultures.
I bet they loved it and adapted no problem.

PS when I mentioned traveling I didn’t mean the Wexford type, ie, one halting site to another.

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Whats the difference between a preschool and a crèche?

assume by pre school they are talking about the free government scheme

A crèche is where the kids go for the day while the parents are working, it is glorified babysitting and the kids spend much of their time in front of a television or playing with toys while the ‘girls’ take turns going for fags and begrudgingly clean a few arses.
A play school is usually for a couple of hours in the morning and as others have said should prepare the child somewhat for school, no two year old should be in a play school really.
My first two kids went to a fairly crappy playschool but my youngest two have been to and are going to an amazing proper Montessori school with a teacher who is at it since the 70s, she is unbelievable, it’s not an easy school to get into, some mornings the limerick celeb spotting thread could get a few bumps. No comparison to any other playschool I’ve seen.

I thought that 2 was very young for preschool alright - assume its a creche

Sure priests were probably fondling the kids back then too. Toughened them up good and proper.

No you are right. Its very young, and it is a pre-school.
3 in a month, but very young regardless.

Does that mean the kid will be starting proper school at 3, close to turning 4? That’s fucking nuts if it is

That i don’t know. Is play school only 1 year no matter what?
But ya, far too young if so. I mean its perfect for 4 just turning 5.

Nobody does that anymore. It will be a two year programme.
I started school a couple of days after my 4th birthday, leaving cert at 16. Didn’t do me any harm :open_mouth: