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I hated preschool. I don't really remember why, but I was terrified that I went from my comfortable home with stay-at-home mother to dropped in the "wild." I found socialization difficult. Who knows if it was valuable or not; I just know that the experience is strongly associated with negative emotions.

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Yes, it must be the case that not every child loves preschool. And I would expect parents to deal with it at the individual level, so if a particular child found it traumatic then the parents should trust their instincts and withdraw the child if they thought it might have long term negative effects.

I wonder if the usage of the term preschool is important. In Australia this refers to the child care that happens immediately prior to going to school. It typically goes Kindergarten -> Preschool -> School. Wikipedia seems to imply in the US that it goes Preschool -> Kindergarten -> School.

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