Teachers should not agree to this. Changing a 5-year-old’s diaper opens them to accusations of inappropriate touching. A stranger should not be touching a child’s genital area. If these kids aren’t ready for school, they shouldn’t be in school, that’s all there is to it.
Like all kids in my country, I went to school at 7. Not because I couldn’t use the toilet, which I, of course, could, but because it’s how it was done. Clearly, this in no way prevented me from achieving way more than normal academically. There’s too much school as it is. Inflicting this on teachers and on kids who clearly don’t need school is ridiculous.
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