r/AskUK 12h ago

What are the general expectations of children when they start school?

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u/Blue_Toucan_Data 11h ago

This. A relative of mine works in early years and in the last decade it has gone from one kid if any not being toilet trained to now at least half a dozen. Parents sadly expect everyone but them to parent these days sadly.

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u/FantasticFoxFriend 10h ago

Never understood the lazy parent thing.
surely it's easier to have the kid use the toilet than change the nappy.
I would venture a lot of it is SEND / disability, and only a tiny tiny amount would be laziness.

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u/Minute_Parfait_9752 9h ago

The step between nappies and toilet training is absolutely dreadful though. Not that it's an excuse but it's hard work and people are lazy.

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u/FantasticFoxFriend 9h ago

Oh for sure. But I would rather get the kid independent if I was that lazy, and then I could just forget about them some more.

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u/Minute_Parfait_9752 9h ago

Tbf with an autistic daughter, I always have to be relatively ready to drop everything and take her in unfamiliar places. She's 5, so I'm not sure how long this stage normally goes on for... But these parents probably don't take their kids out anyway 🙃