Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic
I would just have to add, "what is wrong with PARENTS these days...".

The schools only have the child for 7ish hours, and not all of that is instructional time. The parents have them the rest!

Turn off the TV! Read (and otherwise interact) with your children. Don't leave it up to the schools to do it all.
Yes! You are spot on there. My mother taught me to read, write, spell, count etc, way before I went to school. I went to school being able to count to 1000, knowing my times tables up to sixes and having read loads of books with my mum. My dad always used to read children's classics to me at bedtime, like the Railway children and the Wizard of Oz which all stimulate a child's mind. Surely any parent can just take the time to do that?