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The thing with being a new mother is, it’s incredibly stressful. There’s a lot new hormones that you’re not used to, you’re getting just enough sleep to keep you alive, you’re responsible for keeping a tiny person alive, and you’re being told by just about everyone that there’s something you’re doing wrong and you are Absolutely Going To Ruin Your Baby’s Life.Being a teen mother on top of that is even more stressful. On top of everyone telling you that you’re doing something wrong, there’s people judging you for having had a baby too soon (or without being married, or with the wrong person) and you may or may not have support in raising the baby, and your chances of being able to get a good job - the kind that can pay for things like daycare and pre-kindergarten registration, and school supplies, and new clothes - are significantly lower than those of your peers who haven’t had a kid already.I don’t exactly have details of the circumstances, but at a guess - she’s exhausted, frustrated, and at the bare minimum desperately needed a break from being around the baby. It’s entirely possible that she didn’t want to have a baby just yet and didn’t have much choice in whether or not she carried to term.

In may vary slightly by country, but in the US, the general plan is for children to complete their schooling the year that they turn 18. Thirteen years of schooling would require that they start kindergarten in the year they turn 5 years of age.In practice, school systems are concerned that children are bunched together at the same developmental level, when they start. They typically design cut-off dates for birthdays allowed to start. When school starts in September, some school systems will only allow registration for kindergarten if birthdays are before July 31, or any other date. November 30th was the cutoff when I started.Such a child might be in school for several months of kindergarten at age 4, and graduate high school at age 17.Many schools also look at the development level of the actual child and add a year of pre-kindergarten, so they are better equipped to match their peers in later years.

Hello!YES! There are typically long waiting lists and there’s lots of phone calls and work to be done by parents.The go to place for Childcare in Vancouver is Westcoast Childcare Resource and Referral - they have a great website and office / resource centre. They can direct you to childcare in close to your residence or school for Kindergarten. The fee survey for the past few years (average fees in the city) is linked here: Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre .Childcare and schooling (Kindergarten) are done separately - Kindergarten is now full day in the province through your neighbourhood public school - they normally start registration in April for the following September.For Early Childhood Care there is the Strong Start Program at most Elementary schools, this is a drop in program where parents attend with their children for part of the day. There are Pre-schools and Daycares and mixes of the two (1/2 day preschool and the remainder as daycare). There are also other options for daycare - French Immersion, Montessori, Mandarin, and In-Home childcare.Call to get on Waitlists as soon as you can and everywhere you can. West coast CCRR can help with the list of providers. If you are aiming for Kindergarten you can ask the school which childcare centre’s work with the school - a lot of Community Centres, Neighbourhood Houses, and independent centre will have staff walk or pick up with private vehicles.There are a lot of little details you don’t find out about so I’ll try and list some questions to ask when you call:How do I get on the waitlist- complete a form in person? register online? do it over the phone? How old does my child need to be? (some centre will put you on the waitlist while your child is in utero. For Kindergarten sometimes your child needs to be registered in the school.Is there a registration or membership fee? Do you do other registrations during the year that we pay separately for (like school breaks and professional days).If you are contacting an organization that has many childcare centre’s can you apply for the waitlist once or do you apply at each facility?If you are called for a space and decline it do you remain on the waitlist? move to the back of the list? removed completely from the list and have to re-apply?Once you are registered in a childcare centre can you move to other schools or centre’s that work together?Does the Daycare or Kindercare link into a School-Aged Care Facility (Out of School Care) for grade 1 and beyond?Lastly-Once you are on a waitlist CALL BACK and have them look up your form and ensure it’s on file. Lot’s of strange things happen - forms are lost, administration errors and your form is pulled or sorted in the wrong facility. So call back 2 - 3 times a year to confirm they still know about you, be polite and make a connection with the staff so they will be pleased to call and offer you a space when it comes available.I hope this helps!