Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Do's & Don'ts of Childcare

Here's some advice to daycare employees, obviously, uneducated when it comes to childcare:
1. You're 3 year old, is not a valid source of info. Don't punish a kid cause yours said he did something. 3 year olds? lie.

2. If a kid is in a box, pretending, it's something else, don't tell him the box is "not a house, not a boat, not a rocket, not a car" you do realize you're destroying his imagination right?

3. Stop labeling kids "bad". Get on their level and understand them before you give up on them.

4. What's a time out? Oh, something you're not allowed to give in day care so maybe you need to review your policy manual.

5. "binky free room" hey, guess what? you're not that childs parent and you don't get to decide when to ween them from their binky.

6. change some diapers when you're supposed to and don't make kids run around soaked down to their knees.

7. Don't grab a child and throw him around and scream at him just because you're off camera.

- I'm sure I'll add more to this list in the very near future- (: