[Aliantha]

Wow, so that means kids are turning 7 in their first year at school? Is kindergarten full time over there? I didn't realise there was such a difference. I thought we were the country who was running behind with educational programs.

Kindy is optional and not government funded in so far as you have to pay $20/day for the program, but they do have early childhood teachers in the education programs. We decided to put Max in because he's quite bright and might be better off in that environment a couple of days per week now that Eva is here and taking up a lot of my time in one way or another. Also, we wanted him to socialise a bit more with kids his own age. He spends way too much time with teenagers and almost none with little kids, which at times is not so desirable.

As an example, Aden was annoying Max a few days ago (tickling him or something silly) and Max told him to 'F**k off Aden!'. I'm pretty sure he learned that from Mav. Not that the big boys swear a lot, but kids Max's age only have to hear it once to learn it.