I had an interesting conversation with my nephew the other day. Interesting as in “from the mouths of babes” kind of interesting.

He attends a preschool close to his house, and his mother informed me she was planning on taking him out of the school, at the end of the current year. I was surprised because it’s a reputed kindergarten, and when I asked her why, she told me that the school was fine overall, but they had way too many holidays. They had the usual national holidays and other days off for major festivals, and plus a whole slew of other frequent holidays that had her son at home more often than at school.

That might be an exaggeration, but I can imagine how frustrating it must be to enroll your kid in an expensive kindergarten and not feel like you’re getting your money’s worth to put it crudely. I mean, kids do have a tendency to lose interest in things when they keep getting interrupted in their schedule, and if you’re constantly giving them days off every time the teacher catches a cold, you’re putting them at risk of losing interest in all the things their young minds are picking up on at school.

So back to the conversation with my 4 year old nephew, and it went like this:

Me: So, I hear you’ll be leaving for a new school soon! Isn’t that exciting!

Nephew: Yeah.

Me: (In an attempt to mollify him) You’ll love it in your new school. Your Mommy thinks you’ll have more fun there. And you have too many holidays at your school right now.

Nephew: But that’s the best part about my school!

From the mouths of babes.