HERE I COME, WORLD!
Some time after turning 2, the toddler inside your baby begins to reveal itself. This means a major milestone could be approaching, and you’re sure to be having discussions with your partner and friends about whether the time for play school is ripe.
All signs point to 2½ being a good age to start. At that age, children can use short sentences, understand simple requests and instructions, begin to enjoy playing with – rather than just beside – other children and, as Marina Petropulos writes in the Baby and Childcare Handbook, being with Mom is ”no longer a primary concern”.
But do all these things add up to being ready?
Not always, and you won’t have to look far to find a parent for whom the attempt at school was stormy.
“At 2, I thought we’d give school atry,” reflects Tania Jones. Sam was potty-trained, quite sociable around
