i’m a dad with a somewhat similar dilemma– my wife and i think our son is ready for some regular interaction, but we plan to take him back to the states when he is ready for first grade, and have made the decision to teach him english exclusively at first, in order for him to have a first language and then a second one later on, after he’s gotten his bearings in the first, rather than two at once. i respect the decision people make to intoduce variations of bilingual ed, we’ve simply made a different one, and don’t want to throw him a curve at this critical stage [he's just turned 2 and is now really learning to communicate]. the problem is finding decent english daycare that is not outlandishly expensive or too far away from us. there are plenty of korean programs for this age that are run quite well– my idea is that if a large enough group of foreigners show up and request a special class, these places will make one and staff it with a qualified native speaker or legitimately bilingual korean national–simple economics–if there’s a demand, they’ll meet it. but we’re rare– it does not make sense to have such classes if you meet such people individually every once in a blue moon. so i want to send feelers out there to get a group of parents together with similar goals, which can then create what it is we need. i work in publishing now, but have spent years in administration of such academies, and that is precisely the way korean parents get specialty classes–there is no reason we can’t, too…

The Mother – thanks for your insights. my boy would sometimes ask me about daycare. he is looking forward to it:-) but the story above affected my decision to go for it. thus, my current dilemma. i salute you for having 4 boys. my husband grew up with 3 male siblings, too. it was a daily mess:-)

hi cher – i think so, too. in fact, i have observed he is comfortable with both children and adults around. so, i was quite offended ng pinangunahan ng kaibigan kong korean ang teacher. she thinks compared to her daughter, my son is very active. though, i have a different opinion because her daughter always displays nasty temper. anyway, my case is an example of language barrier difficulties.

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The main reason is to give mom a break. A few hours a day is a blessing. You can go shopping without the hassles of bringing a little boys along.

My rule about daycare, though, is that it has to be what the child wants. You can make it what he wants, by talking it up and getting him excited about it, but if you just drag him, it’s going to be a mess.

And don’t worry about how he acts or what other people think. They’ll get to know him. First impressions don’t mean much when his personality is changing daily.

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If you don’t feel comfortable putting him in daycare, giving him some social interaction with other kids (like you already do) is important. I think either way, he’ll be fine. You seem to keep his well being (emotional and physical) in mind all the time which is great.

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