Why Didn't My Kid Participate? How To Handle

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  • daycare
    Advanced Daycare.com *********
    • Feb 2011
    • 16259

    Why Didn't My Kid Participate? How To Handle

    My Motto, kids who don't listen, don't get to have any fun. Cut and dry. parents know this and they all support the rule, well so I thought.

    I take pics of what we do daily and post to my Parent site. DCM contacts me to ask why her child was not in the pics of XYZ activity. I tell DCM well DCK was not listening, so they did not get to participate. NOw, what DCK was extreme, it was not something small, so they sat out. (forgot to add, DCD was told this at pick up)

    Well yesterday DCK refused to wake up from nap. Guess they went to cousins house and played until 11pm. So of course DCK is super tired, no wonder I could not wake the DCK up. Well we carried on and did all of our after nap activities as usual. I tell DCD at pick up that I could not wake DCK and that DCK did not get to participate in afternoon activities. Okk no worries he says. DCM calls again wanting to know why no pics of her kid during after nap activities. Well smart me took a pic of the kid sleeping right through our activities. So I sent that to DCM.

    I think that the parents seeing that their child does not participate for two reasons should result in a wake up call that maybe they should play until 11pm or maybe they should start discipline their child better. Am I wrong for thinking this way?
    I am not going to stop taking the pics and posting to my parent site, they love it.
    Last edited by daycare; 04-18-2012, 12:05 PM.
  • Zoe
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 1445

    #2
    I think it's a fabulous rule that you have. And to document your activities the way you do shows the parents how much fun the "listeners" are having, it really should motivate that mom to correct the situation she is having with dck. Keep it up!

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    • JenNJ
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Jun 2010
      • 1212

      #3
      I hear you. I got 3 parents asking why we didn't go outside in the afternoon yesterday. I explained that they TRASHED the playroom while I changed diapers/supervised potty and REFUSED to clean up in a timely manner. They still looked confused. I said, "They need to follow the rules inside to get outside." It clicked with the parents. If they aren't listening, I'm not taking chances with them on the playground, kwim?

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      • Hunni Bee
        False Sense Of Authority
        • Feb 2011
        • 2397

        #4
        Originally posted by Zoe
        I think it's a fabulous rule that you have. And to document your activities the way you do shows the parents how much fun the "listeners" are having, it really should motivate that mom to correct the situation she is having with dck. Keep it up!
        I agree, its a great rule. I have adopted it, after seeing daycare posting about it on several other threads. It works. You have to follow the rules with regular activities to get to the fun ones.

        And I also love the posting pictures. Aside from the obvious reason, its concrete proof to "Little Jenny didn't have good day". A lot of times that goes in one ear and out the other.

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        • KBCsMommy
          Licensed Daycare Provider
          • Jul 2011
          • 392

          #5
          So the parents couldn't grasp that their child slept through all the fun!!!::

          I do that too. If the kids are acting up they don't participate. Parents don't like it, find another daycare!!!

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          • daycare
            Advanced Daycare.com *********
            • Feb 2011
            • 16259

            #6
            glad to see that I was not in the wrong.... I did start to think well maybe I am doing something wrong, but 1 out of 6 complaining, guess its not me....

            thanks for your feed back ladies

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