Just Curious About Centers And Difficult Children

[daycare_jen]

I have worked both in centers and operated a small in-home. I was very selective with my in-home clients and never terminated for behavior as there wasn't anything too bad. At one of the centers I've worked at, a few years ago, there was a one year old that bit every day. The parents were told he could not come back after this happened for a couple of months because the director/owner was afraid she'd lose her other clients in the ones room. I just started at a center again, and in the pre-k room, there were a few boys that were given notice that they could not return, effective immediately. There was a larger group of boys that were terrorizing their teacher, throwing furniture and toys at her. The other children in the classroom had to be evacuated from the room as their behavior would not stop.

[Bookworm]

In my experience, the behavior would have to be bad enough that other parents are threatening to leave. Then, the Dir would actually do something.

[cheerfuldom]

usually a child is shuffled around from class to class or teachers are shuffled so no one gets stuck with the bad kids all day every day. its common for centers to keep wild kids. as long as the parent is paying, they usually try and make it work.