Early education... How early?

Now that I have a little more time for myself with school holidays just around the corner, I manage to start on a book. Whether I can finish it, is a totally different story.


Anyway, I came across again an interesting part about how early should you start educating your child. While montessori and mozart effect begins when baby is still in the womb, Islam encourages the 'education' starts when a man starts to choose 'a woman' for his wife.
Although the relation is subtle, the implication here is almost perfectly logical. We might not be 'educating' anything or anyone yet however, by choosing the type of life partner, he is choosing the conditions/settings that he would like his children to grow in or grow with...
On the other hand, with both parents working, will 'conditions' now is more suited to 'finding the appropriate helper'.
For myself, I am just grateful that my mum still have the vigour to care for my super energetic 1-yr old. I don't think I turn out that bad.. so my mum must have done a pretty decent job eh... ;) ha!