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Kindergarten students also know how to climb?

The climbing behavior is earlier than parents think.

By Luo re LuoPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
Kindergarten

I'm sure many of you have heard the saying that you can't be poor without education. Although kindergarten is a bit different from school, it has become the new "starting line" in the eyes of today's parents.

Sending students to kindergarten is not just about childcare anymore. Many parents expect to be able to adapt to being with other students, learn basic rules, and prepare for elementary school.

Perhaps many parents grew up in a time of relative material poverty when everyone's family conditions were similar, and the phenomenon of comparing each other was not as severe. But contemporary students are in a different environment, and the climbing behavior is earlier than parents think.

Princess Dress

My daughter has only been in school for a week and she is already picking and choosing her clothes, asking for new jewelry and princess dresses.

The average family may realize that the cost of raising a child is not low, whether it's food, clothing, or schooling, it can't be too much worse than other families. However, when students are young, many parents purchase clothing that will be cheap and comfortable as the main criteria.

Thinking that when they later "understand", and then buy some good quality. One parent sent her student to kindergarten, but it didn't take long to discover a problem that distressed her.

The mother said that her daughter had only been in school for a week and had learned to be "choosy" about her clothes. Originally, she gave the students to wear cotton undershirts, the style is relatively simple.

But my daughter said, "Other girls are dressed up beautifully, they have princess dresses, why not me? My hair clips don't look as good as others, and the cards and headbands others wear have diamonds that sparkle.

At first, the parent did not take it seriously, explaining that "dressing like that is not convenient, our clothes singing and dancing is more appropriate". The daughter did not recognize such a statement and retorted: "But I see that they are dressed like this does not affect anything.

The girl's mood has changed, her parents send her to kindergarten in the morning, which she does not want to wear, always grinning to find fault.

Her daughter offered to buy new "jewelry" and a princess dress, but the parents expressed their frustration and disappointment. She said to the student: We are there to learn something, not to compare with others who are beautiful; mom didn't even have these clothes when she was a child, so don't be so capricious.

Do kindergarten students also know how to compare? Parents have a different opinions about the baby mama's complaints

She shared such a situation online, saying bluntly: Do kindergarten students know how to compare too? The family's financial situation is not very good, and those things that my daughter wants are more expensive than ordinary clothes.

Moreover, students grow up quickly, and buying them after only one season is too wasteful in her eyes. The mother complained about the contemporary phenomenon of comparison among students and blamed her daughter for not knowing what to do, and wanted to ask people how to teach.

But for her complaints, her parents also present different views. Some say that parents should first go to kindergarten and observe to see what level of food and clothing their students have compared to the majority of their classmates.

If there are only a few students in the class who are so well-dressed, the daughter may be vainer. But if a girl's clothes are much worse than other students, parents need to reflect on it.

Some parents raise their children with very little financial means, and then fall into "self-motivation", thinking that they have worked hard to provide for their students is not easy. So the student's requests are considered "arbitrary".

The ordinary princess dress is not as expensive as the parents say, perhaps every girl in kindergarten would like to have such a dress. Moreover, some users pointed out that the mother's way of thinking when teaching her daughter was inappropriate.

When she criticizes girls, she compares her situation as a child, in effect thinking that as long as her daughter enjoys better material conditions than she did before, she has provided a great environment. Without looking at the problem through a dynamic lens and making a side-by-side comparison.

On the other hand, many parents understand this baby mama's distress. It's not easy for the average family to raise a student, and learning to compare each other on clothes at the kindergarten level creates habits that may be more difficult to manage later.

It may be more realistic to let students know the real economic conditions at home and accept them in advance so as not to develop an unrealistic "princess disease". It is also true that it is more appropriate to wear normal clothes in kindergarten.

The way kindergarten is managed is also important, and this is something that parents need to consider

One parent brought up a different perspective that is often overlooked. Many people assume that student climbing is their problem, but ignore the role of the objective environment. Sometimes it is not their active love of vanity.

Rather, it's that the well-off students around them will compare themselves to them, and if teachers also clearly prefer well-groomed students, it's easier for these children from ordinary families to have a change in perception.

Some kindergartens encourage students to dress up, while others have more restrictions on dressing and cannot wear overly elaborate and exaggerated dresses. This facilitates daily activities and appropriately reduces the need for students and parents to compete for attention in this area.

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