What are the pitfalls when preparing your kid for PSLE?

Two kids through PSLE already. The biggest pitfall I see is parents outsourcing everything to tuition and assessment books, then wondering why the child is burnt out by P6. Tuition can help but it's not a magic pill, and stacking four subjects of tuition plus school plus assessment papers just breaks the kid. My honest lesson, protect their sleep and a bit of play, a rested child scores better than an exhausted over-drilled one. Second pitfall, transferring your own anxiety, kids absorb your stress and it kills their confidence. Third, chasing a dream school ranking instead of a fit for the child. PSLE matters but it's not the finish line of life, and treating it that way does real damage.

I'll say the thing tuition centres won't. A lot of the tuition arms race is parental FOMO, not child need. Assess honestly where your kid actually struggles and target that, don't just sign up because the whole class is doing it. My daughter only needed help in one subject, so we did one tuition, not four, and she did well and stayed sane. Other pitfalls, over-relying on ten-year-series without teaching exam technique and time management, and neglecting the child's mental state. The PSLE stress in Singapore is intense and some kids genuinely spiral. Watch for signs of anxiety. A happy confident average scorer beats a broken high scorer.