The children i nanny for most certainly do not sit in front of the tv all day, in fact they do not watch it at all with me during the week!
They socialize very well and my not quite 3 yr old is very kind and good at sharing with other children, better than a lot of day care children.
The best place for a child under 3 is with a loving carer preferably a parent but if not possible, a nanny or grandparent as a subsitute.
Nursery is a pretty new concept in the context of how long humans have been around, and we all have turned out socialble and fine.

my kindergardener now started his Montessori based school at age 2.5. I’m glad I could afford it and woudn’t done anything different.

In the UK, it’s very strange for a child not to go to playgroup and that’s from about 3 onwards. Nursery starts after that and almost all kids are involved in that. I think it’s vitally important for a child’s social development to spend time around other children like that, and to get some independance from their parent’s care. Simply dropping a child off into school at the age of five would be a massive shock to the system if they’ve never had that kind of group care in short bursts before. I wouldn’t dream of not putting my daughter into nursery (she does two mornings and two afternoons a week) as I know this is the best thing for her.

My son is 6 months-old and we go to music class together every week. He goes to nursery/school twice a week. That gives me time to take care of my new business. To me, it’s a great way to build his social skills, to play with other children and to learn from other people as well. I believe in the saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Once a day my husband and I watch videos about different languages with him as a family. I think that it’s up to the parents how they want to educate their children. To me, it starts early. Introduce them to different things from infancy and see what happens. Children are very smart, parents just need to incite them to love learning.

To the lady who thinks she’s sendin her 9 month old to preschool…..honey, that’s called “day care”.

My brother and sister went to school at age 2 and no it wasnt daycare. They are both autistic, have learning disabilities and went to school in order to learn basic skills; how to feed themself, etc. It helped them and they are both normal adults today.

Violet looks so sweet in her school clothes! I start preschool at her age (2.5) and LOVED it. I was a really shy kid, so my parents thought it would be good for me, and it was! (Also, my mother admits to wanting me out of the house for a few hours a week, haha. Can’t say as I blame her.)

ha! I had to laugh at the watch tv comment as my children have never watched tv while they were home with me. I think maybe some guilty moms like to think that’s what stay-home moms do…

Christina, 7am to 6pm every day from age 6 weeks to 12 years?? Wow. I don’t mean this condescendingly at all but I feel sad hearing that. That had to be hard on many levels.

“Children should be in a child friendly atmosphere and not sitting at home with their mom or some nanny in front of the TV all day. And yes I know that is not what all moms/nannys do but a majority do.”

Uh, Gina, I know about 7 or 8 other stay at home moms. None of them let thier kids watch much TV, and all of them engage their children in fun activities. I’d hardly call that a majority.

The most important thing is quality of time with parents, not necessarily quantity. I was in day care, preschool, am and pm care, etc. from 6 weeks to 12 years old. 7am to 6pm every day. If you research the facilities and ensure they’re of good quality, third party care givers can be an excellent resource. That being said, I had dinner with my entire family almost every single night of my childhood.