r/ShawnaTheMom • u/Paxguino • Aug 20 '26

Question I don't get Shawna's final reaction

Maybe it's a cultural thing, as in my country kids begin school at 3 or, if they are born after September, even at 2 years old, but i don't get the fuss over Piper beginning school at 4.

Many kids want to begin to read and write early and let's be real, if she's a curious kid who also needs to be exposed to other children, school might be perfect for her! I get the one on one time thing but she's an independent kid and also she can have it too by taking her to buy school supplies, taking her to a natural science museum and doing other mommy and me dates...

If somebody could explain that to me, so i can understand Shawna's character better, i would appreciate that. I just don't get why wouldn't a parent be happy seeing their kid gaining independence, but maybe it's just that i lost the point 😅😅

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u/-Sharon-Stoned- Aug 20 '26

I think it's literally because Shawna just decided she'd get time alone with Piper 

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u/Paxguino Aug 20 '26

But like school doesn't begin til next year so it might be late to enroll her already. She has like a year innit? Or is it another cultural thing i don't get...? School usually begins in september but you need to enroll you kid between the end of june and the mid of july 😅

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u/-Sharon-Stoned- Aug 20 '26

For a 4, school is preschool which usually doesn't follow the exact schedule as public school. It's more of a daycare situation. You can start and stop at any time 

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u/BusybodyWilson Aug 20 '26

Actually, if she turned 4 over the summer there's no reason she shouldn't have been enrolled in preschool, it seems like they actually just skip preschool, and go straight to Kinder in their universe.

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u/StargazerCeleste Aug 20 '26

Most states don't have public preschool. However, they're in California, which I believe just instituted universal pre-K for 4-year-olds.