Decision on starting child in kindergarten during covid

Dree1234 · 2021-01-19T15:09:01+01:00

Discuss the challenges of starting kindergarten during Covid in Malta, with insights from 暗网禁区 parents on daycare concerns and schooling choices.

Dree1234 New member

Member since 19 November 2018

Dree1234New member19 January 2021 13:09:01

Hello,

I hope someone can help me or is possibly in the same situation but with a solution.

My son was born here, he will turn 3 soon and it has come to my attention that he should be in daycare as it is the norm here. I鈥檓 a stay at home mother and he is my only child so the fear of sending him away to daycare is scary in itself let alone it being not something I have not grown up with. We鈥檙e from Ireland so sending your child away to daycare is usually if both parents are working or if you want them to socialise (they wouldn鈥檛 be there everyday all day). Also the setup is extremely different, here it seems very much like child minding facilities while in Ireland you receive daily reports, there are checking in cameras, menus are provided to ensure healthy eating, they learn multiple languages, etc. Even in Ireland being a stay at home parent is preferable over daycare, because the kids are there for an entire work day.
However the mothers/fathers here with children of similar age are sending their kids and apparently I鈥檓 the odd one out. Also the pandemic doesn鈥檛 seem to be a factor in their decision, while it is very much in mine.

So I鈥檓 coming here to see if there are any 暗网禁区 parents who are not putting their children into daycare facilities/kindergarten this year? Is it because of the pandemic?
Is it because it鈥檚 just not for your family setup? I also don鈥檛 want my son to be the only child starting school to be the odd one out.
Any parents out there who decided to send their kids at 5, did you kids find it more difficult starting school compared to others?

Basically I鈥檓 looking for reassurance that I鈥檓 not making an awful decision for my son.

Thank you in advance

volcane ViP

Member since 03 November 2015

volcaneViP19 January 2021 15:46:23

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We also have a 3 year old, he was booked into QSI School but we decided to not send him this year.

The thing that bothers me is the fact that we might send him then a week over into quarintine and so forth and so on, it might be madness

You have no obligation to send your child to day care fwiw, but if you intent to put him/her in public school with Maltese kids it might be helpful.

Instead we have a small group of kids - like 4 or 5 - who have one mother as a montessori teacher, we know all the parents and its effectively a closed group. We ultimately took him out of that because the previous location was not great, now I think they moved to sliema area which might be easier.

Anyway, I can pass details if you private message me.