My wife and I will likely be moving to Dallas Tx this summer for at least 4 years. By next year we will want to enroll our oldest daughter in a 3-4 preschool program. However like in most cities it is very difficult to cut out the full time day care programs from those offering a more reasonable part time program.
My wife doesn't work so it is totally needless for us to pay for full time care. We just want a program with a solid 2 half days a week of instruction. I know this kind of thing exists but it is hard to find online.
We are looking at living in Plano, Allen or Mckinney. We are open to programs that have parent participation and possibly community organize "preschool" with none of the overpriced frills of a daycare.
Sorry if my tone is really down on daycares, I just always find it annoying that they try to one size fits all every kid into full time programs, which make sense when both parents have to work, but make zero sense when you have a full-time parent at home. And my resentment always boils over when every single "preschool" website is intentionally obtuse about the most import information about programs, which are price and time. With worthless quotes like, "Most parents find that price is second in importance to high quality blah blah blah..." or "To truely experience our program a child needs, <insert reasons to justify 5 day a week daycare>"