The harm of early education cards to children

Nowadays, parents don’t want their children to be worse than other children. When they see other people’s children learning this, they will also sign up for their own children, causing their children to receive early education too early. Many institutions will sell early education cards. Children who use early education cards for early education learning often have poor concentration and it is not easy for them to persist in learning one thing for a long time. Therefore, early education cards often become idle items, and parents do not have time to send their children to such early education classes every day. What are the harms of early education cards to children?

Early childhood education cards become idle items

Behind the seemingly booming early childhood education market, some parents have confided to their parents that they actually still have a lot of class hours left on their early childhood education cards, but they cannot be transferred, making them "useless".

Mr. Lu, a white-collar worker in Wuchang, is an example. He said that when the baby was one year old, his wife heard that children of this age could go to early education, and after inquiring from many sources, she chose an early education center that cost 16,000 yuan. However, Mr. Lu and his wife were both very busy at work and could not even guarantee a weekend off. The courses arranged by the early childhood education center were mostly at fixed times, and they missed a lot of courses. Over time, the couple lost their enthusiasm, and the course cards became idle, with a balance of more than 9,000 yuan on the cards.

On several parenting websites in Wuhan, in the "Idle Transfer" section, the reporter found a large number of posts about transferring early childhood education institution course cards. A mother posted that she bought an early childhood education card at an early childhood education center on Erqi Road in Hankou for two years and spent 29,000 yuan at the beginning. However, after taking more than 40 courses, she found that her child was not very motivated in class and the educational courses did not produce any results, so the whole family decided to give up early childhood education.

However, these parents soon discovered that it was impossible to transfer the early education cards in their hands at a low price even if they wanted to. The reporter learned from several early childhood education institutions that now when applying for an early childhood education card, every parent needs to show their ID card and household registration booklet, and each early childhood education card is strictly "one person, one card". After the transfer, the early childhood education institution will not recognize it at all and cannot use it. Although parents regard this as a "unfair clause", they can do nothing about it.

In addition, some early childhood education institutions require a minimum of 2 years to get a card, while others require a 3-year card, with fees ranging from 29,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan. Many parents on the forum are worried that if the early childhood education institution "runs away", the money will be difficult to recover.

Expert: Early childhood education does not mean going to an early childhood education institution

"Early childhood education centers will only become more and more popular." The head of an early childhood education institution in Hankou believes that in the past three or four years, Wuhan's early childhood education market has clearly entered the fast lane, and the arrival of the "second-child wave" will become an accelerator, increasing the demand for early childhood education. A Taiwanese early childhood education center that has just entered Wuhan also recently announced that it will expand rapidly in Wuhan and open another 5 branches after the Spring Festival next year.

However, the heads of many early childhood education institutions also admitted that "early childhood education" is not the same as "early childhood education institution". There are many ways to provide children with early education, and going to an early childhood education institution for training is just one way.

"As I often tell parents in class, the best early education is companionship. After the class, it doesn't mean everything is fine. We hope that parents will spend more time with their children after returning home." Kelly (English name), head of an institution in Hankou that focuses on "English early education", said that some children in the class have parents who are very busy and neglect to accompany their children. They only bring their children to one class a week and then send them off. Naturally, the results of the early education classes are not ideal.