Originally Posted by littlemissmuffet:
I don't encourage preschool at all. Kindergarten IS preschool. Are we going to start PRE-preschool next??? It's ridiculous. 12 years of schooling is MORE THAN ENOUGH. Let kids be kids. 
This. I don't tell my parents one way or another. My children never attended preschool, and are just fine. I don't see any added benefit of them going to preschool, especially since kinder in my county is only for 1/2 days. That is preschool to me, school starts in 1st grade.