Articles like this are not too credible which tries to generalize personal anecdot and a comment from a friend. Where is the research and citations? I&#x27;m also not sure what is the take away here. Don&#x27;t send kids to preschools? If that&#x27;s the case then there is a fair amount of research that kids who attend full time preschool have much better chance of academic success and they are better at social skills[1]. Montessori crowd is even proud to put kids to school as early as 18 months, 3-6 hours a day and 5 days a week. Is Montessori method considered play based or more academic focused?<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seattle.gov&#x2F;council&#x2F;issues&#x2F;PreschoolforAll&#x2F;docs&#x2F;Attachment%20A%20-%20Key%20Sources%20of%20Info%20for%20Reso%20-%202013%2012%2005%20revised.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seattle.gov&#x2F;council&#x2F;issues&#x2F;PreschoolforAll&#x2F;docs&#x2F;A...</a>