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As a daycare provider and mom for over 25 years, I can tell you that there was never a child born who didn't need & require a sleep period during the day. Children need sleep to grow & thrive in this fast-paced world we live in. The typical nap time for a toddler through age 4 or even 5 is one to three & one-half hours per afternoon.
There is a big difference between being tired out and being sleepy. Some children, obviously, require more sleep than other children. Those children deserve the same amount of consideration as the child who is not sleepy. They should be able to count on two or 3 hours every single afternoon to sleep if need be. The morning full of activities will tire out any child, even if they never become sleepy. It is not a punishment, to expect any child to follow the rules & rest quietly for a period of time, as every child needs & deserves rest. Two hours is certainly not an overly-extended period of time for an afternoon rest for a young child. The sooner they learn that rules will be in place in every aspect of their lives, and learn to follow them, the more well-adjusted they will be.
As far as the "unregistered" comments above, I beg to differ. Yes, you are paying your provider to care for your child. BUT, the daycare provider's job description does not consist solely of sitting for hours on end playing tiddly winks with your child & making sure he or she is constantly entertained. Part of caring for the children is making sure they have clean bedding and sanitized surfaces and equipment, preparing & serving nutritional meals, much more paperwork than you can even imagine, and yes, taking care of herself as well, so that she can be the best daycare provider she can be. Those things all take much more than a couple hours a day, and the average daycare provider, I can assure you, never even gets a lunch hour or two ten minute breaks, which is probably guaranteed every employee in every state. A daycare provider works long into the night even when her last child leaves before night falls. Many people do not have the luxury of leaving their job at 5pm and never having to think about it for the rest of the evening, but in my experience, the ones who deny a child care provider the luxury of a little down-time in the afternoon, are generally the ones who do have that luxury!
Many parents are experts in their field. All daycare providers are experts in their field; we are trained to be.
As a daycare provider and mom for over 25 years, I can tell you that there was never a child born who didn't need & require a sleep period during the day. Children need sleep to grow & thrive in this fast-paced world we live in. The typical nap time for a toddler through age 4 or even 5 is one to three & one-half hours per afternoon.
There is a big difference between being tired out and being sleepy. Some children, obviously, require more sleep than other children. Those children deserve the same amount of consideration as the child who is not sleepy. They should be able to count on two or 3 hours every single afternoon to sleep if need be. The morning full of activities will tire out any child, even if they never become sleepy. It is not a punishment, to expect any child to follow the rules & rest quietly for a period of time, as every child needs & deserves rest. Two hours is certainly not an overly-extended period of time for an afternoon rest for a young child. The sooner they learn that rules will be in place in every aspect of their lives, and learn to follow them, the more well-adjusted they will be.
As far as the "unregistered" comments above, I beg to differ. Yes, you are paying your provider to care for your child. BUT, the daycare provider's job description does not consist solely of sitting for hours on end playing tiddly winks with your child & making sure he or she is constantly entertained. Part of caring for the children is making sure they have clean bedding and sanitized surfaces and equipment, preparing & serving nutritional meals, much more paperwork than you can even imagine, and yes, taking care of herself as well, so that she can be the best daycare provider she can be. Those things all take much more than a couple hours a day, and the average daycare provider, I can assure you, never even gets a lunch hour or two ten minute breaks, which is probably guaranteed every employee in every state. A daycare provider works long into the night even when her last child leaves before night falls. Many people do not have the luxury of leaving their job at 5pm and never having to think about it for the rest of the evening, but in my experience, the ones who deny a child care provider the luxury of a little down-time in the afternoon, are generally the ones who do have that luxury!
Many parents are experts in their field. All daycare providers are experts in their field; we are trained to be.
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