As some of you may know I have been having a hard time the last few months. I have a family in particular that is just completely clueless with their child. Economy has caused me to hang in there and tuff it out. losing this family would mean closing my DC.
I have posted about them several times on here.
Well I am at my final straw. Today will mark my first of 30 days on my calendar, but first I am going to have one last talk with the parents before I give termination.
Another incident has occurred since I last posted about the birthday party problem and the parents blamed me for the child’s behavior which occurred outside of daycare. I don’t really want to discuss what other issues happened and I don’t want to hear why this child should NOT be in care for this many hours. I know this, you know this, even the parent knows this, but is in denial. I just want to know what is the best way to explain to a parent that they really need to pay attention to their child, physically be there for their child, and meet all of his needs. What I really want to say, would not be professional, and I am not one to ever stoop to a low level to make myself feel better. My hopes are that I can talk to the parents and push them back to our old schedule. If not, then I am done.
I have been going over in my head a million times what I will say to the parents. I want to discuss with them the importance of FACE TIME, or Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, as this child’s needs are not being met at home. She is in daycare for more than 50 hours a week and has very little if NO face time with parents. She does not have a bed time and runs the house, therefore is always tired. Once she is home from daycare she is thrown in front of some type of electronic device. Of course she acts out in any way that will get her attention at home, which is usually bad behavior.
Just so you guys know,I love this kid dearly. She has been with me for over a year and before all of the schedule changes, the problems were not this bad that I could not cope. The family is usually nice, pays on time, and for the most part is a good fit for my program. I just cant keep doing this if the parents are going to continue to take jabs at me for their lack of parenting.
Should I write down what I intend to say in the conference? How do I explain with strong professionalism that I can be heard?
sorry I am going all over the place.
I have posted about them several times on here.
Well I am at my final straw. Today will mark my first of 30 days on my calendar, but first I am going to have one last talk with the parents before I give termination.
Another incident has occurred since I last posted about the birthday party problem and the parents blamed me for the child’s behavior which occurred outside of daycare. I don’t really want to discuss what other issues happened and I don’t want to hear why this child should NOT be in care for this many hours. I know this, you know this, even the parent knows this, but is in denial. I just want to know what is the best way to explain to a parent that they really need to pay attention to their child, physically be there for their child, and meet all of his needs. What I really want to say, would not be professional, and I am not one to ever stoop to a low level to make myself feel better. My hopes are that I can talk to the parents and push them back to our old schedule. If not, then I am done.
I have been going over in my head a million times what I will say to the parents. I want to discuss with them the importance of FACE TIME, or Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, as this child’s needs are not being met at home. She is in daycare for more than 50 hours a week and has very little if NO face time with parents. She does not have a bed time and runs the house, therefore is always tired. Once she is home from daycare she is thrown in front of some type of electronic device. Of course she acts out in any way that will get her attention at home, which is usually bad behavior.
Just so you guys know,I love this kid dearly. She has been with me for over a year and before all of the schedule changes, the problems were not this bad that I could not cope. The family is usually nice, pays on time, and for the most part is a good fit for my program. I just cant keep doing this if the parents are going to continue to take jabs at me for their lack of parenting.
Should I write down what I intend to say in the conference? How do I explain with strong professionalism that I can be heard?
sorry I am going all over the place.
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