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Everyone cherishes their kindergarten years what will having to learn numbers and rhyming poetry and you are set. However, this is not the case anymore. Like universities, Kindergartens are changing too in the ways in which they select their children.

Parents are going crazy trying to get their children admitted to the best of kindergarten schools and this doesn’t end here. There are preparatory tests that these kids have to study and then give the tests in school. If and only if they make it to the 90 percent mark, are they selected! What is sad is the fact that parents think this is normal. Stressing a small child of 4 years is okay according to them so that their kid can contest with other children.

Apparently a single mom’s kid did not make it; however, the teachers at the school informed the mother that her son was bright. The mother debated that her son knew it all; birds species, colours, animals etc that an average 4 year old learns in school. She blames her being single and not being able to afford the expensive prep material for her son’s loss.

There are many wealthy parents out there who try their best and put their money to great use when it comes to such a competition. In fact there $ 90 workbooks available for kids to solve along with $ 145 an hour tuition fees that are being used by the crazy parents. Plus the competition has the wealthy parents in frenzy so they do not mind sending their kids to weekend camps as well. Many parents, who cannot afford these tests, think the system is unfair.

But when asked if they could afford such expenses would they go in for it, they readily agreed. Every parent only wants to help their child achieve the best. But this doesn’t mean that a kid who could not make it to 90 percent in the test is less bright.

Some material for these tests is available online as well but they are $50 expensive.

The point is, are we willing to put so much pressure on our kids so that they can make it to the best schools? What if the child is average? Is it that bad? And why are the schools and the education system allowing this?

A child who is below 6 years should not take any stress. If they begin their school life with so much stress, one can only imagine what will happen in future. Studies in the coming years will only add to the stress. High school tests and assignments, graduation and then university. So why start all this from kindergarten?

Why can’t kids these have a normal life? Competition is good but this is crazy. This is like forcing the child to do what the parents think is the best. It may be good for now but then the kid is missing out on simple pleasures in life. They surely cannot be sent to a weekend boot camp when they are not even out of diapers entirely!