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I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this post....
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Hmmm I had the same response
. I get what she's saying in her own way, that although she feels guilty about sending him to daycare it has done him a world of good and I agree. Daycare provides a wide variety of daily situations that help children learn important life skills, socialization a bunch of other stuff.
I don't like how she admits to not doing anything with him at home because she knows daycare will take care of it! And the potty training thing, forget it! Not here!
This speaks volumes! She is the voice of more than half of daycare parents out there, most would never admit it but they feel the same way this mom does, and willingly allow daycare providers to raise their children This saddens me for the kids' sake.
I wonder what her daycare provider would think if she read what this mom wrote? -
Mixed emotions..
That whole post is giving me the strangest mix of annoyance and satisfaction. I mean, I'm aware that most providers rock at giving kids great life skills like the ones listed, and I'm super proud to offer those services, but to hear a parent gloat about shuffling off that responsibility kind of makes me want to slap her.
Very interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing!Comment
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I love it! lovethis
This mom is being real.
She is crediting her daycare for all the things we do.
She even admits to being a lazy parent in regards to some areas.
I am not seeing anything wrong with what she wrote.
She IS right about a lot of what she wrote....sometimes it takes peers and a social setting for kids to pick up some of the skills she writes about.
I don't see any reason why any provider would be offended or upset about what she wrote.Comment
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I laughed. This is totally how many clients think.
And no, not right. I don't potty train. Kthxbai.
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The mom gives credit over and over again to her son's "daycare" or "daycare teacher," but never once does get personal. It's not "Sally who runs XXX Home Daycare" or "Julie, who is the lead teacher in his toddler room." It's always the vague daycare or daycare teacher. I think it's interesting that she points out all that her son has learned, but she never once mentions the actual person who taught it to him... other than in a vague way. She doesn't recognize the relationships behind all that learning. The person who spends every day working on skills with her son, watching him grow, building on his knowledge.
She is impersonalizing a very personal (or what should be personal) relationship between provider and child... why?... out of guilt that she's not the one being with him? I have noticed more and more people I know talking about their child's daycare in really vague terms like this. Is it easier for parents to impersonalize the daycare worker because they don't want to imagine someone else spending that quality time with their child?Comment
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Oh, and she also credited a lot of what her son has learned to peer pressure or being around other kids. Not to the providers working with him. Interesting.Comment
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I think it is nice that DCPs are getting kudos for a change!
I completely agree about the peer pressure thing. Kids watching other kids eating healthy food and showing good behavior really can affect their own behavior.Comment
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I rather enjoyed reading the comments. There was a whole lot of "our daycare experience has been so great and my child has learned so much" and an equal amount of "the cost is so ridiculous". Hmmmm..Comment
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