Allow Child In Play Room During Interview?

[Holiday Park]

I love this idea ! However if I had tried that with the child who came today, it wouldn't have gone over well at all.
For future interviews, I will certainly try this ! I actually do this with my older kids (loosely) and made it a personal goal to teach this to my (now) childcare toddler& toddler son. Funny thing is I totally forgot to start implementing it with them. They grew from infancy into toddlers so fast , I think it is time to start with them now .

i do a few things.

i set up an activity, like playdough that will not require too much assistance from me or the parents.

I do allow them to play in the play room, however, when I see them take something out, I will tell them please put that away before you pull something else out.

I then will turn to the parent and tell them that here we teach them to be accountable for their actions and they will learn to clean as they play. One bucket of toys out at a time. The parents LOVE to hear this and often when they see their child start to move on from one toy to the next, will start to remind them of the rule. If they don't, I will. I let the parents know that it will take time for them to learn this new rule.

Then will move the conversation on to how important consistency is and this is why I love to have the kids full time or at least 3 days a week with the parents participating in our schedule the rest of the time...