Benefits of preschool in America vs Japan

I am doing my paper on benefits of placing your child in preschool.  I have been grabbing information from several places but one source that stood out to me was from Facts and Details.  On it's online article I read that in Japan children are required to attend preschool starting age 3 to 4.  They are not taught numbers or alphabet, that responsibilities is left to the parents to teach at home before they enter kindergarten at 5 years old.  In preschool they are taught how to respect others, how to socialize, language skills and how to cooperate with others.  In America the parents beginning to teach their child morals from birth leaving academics to the educators.  As a parent, I prefer to guide my child on what is proper morals.  Everyone one has their views on what's right and wrong.  In that article I found it interesting how the parents are responsible for preparing their child academically for kindergarten.  That makes me question does America have it good because we are not forced to teach our child before kindergarten or are we too laid back and should be preparing our child?



Works Cited

Hays, Jeffrey "PRESCHOOLS AND DAY CARE IN JAPAN" factsanddetails.com. ND. 2013   Jeffery Hays. Web. 17 Nov 2017.