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What do you think about daycare kids hugging and kissing each other and you when saying goodbye? I've never had it be an issue until this current group of kids.
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We hug our friends goodbye as parents are pulling into the driveway. We don't kiss though, just hugs. I can see the driveway from the living room so as they're oulling in, kids are saying goodbye. Then they get carried to the front door or walked, depending on their age, and they get a final hug and kiss on the cheek or forehead from me and they're handed off!Comment
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I have been doing daycare for 20 years and this is the first group that I've had where this has come up. All of my kids have been here since birth except for one 2 1/2 year old. When she first started she wanted to hug everybody and kiss them on the lips, after the second day of this I had a talk with her about how it's okay to hug our friends goodbye but we should save our kisses for our family. As if we don't have enough germs spread around, I don't need a bunch of two year olds kissing each other LOL Not only that but she wants everybody to come to the door with her to do all of this hugging. I really try to keep an eye out for her pick up so that I can get HER right to the door.Comment
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My group is 3yrs and under, they usually hug and kiss me, never each other.
When I had SA kids, I allowed one quick hug and if they really wanted to kiss, it had to be a quick kiss on the cheek.Comment
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I only allow hugs with me because I won't wrestle or hurt them (or give them lice). They can give each other high fives.Comment
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In our group, we hug goodbye, or high fives/knuckles to the SA kids who are too cool for hugs (2 nine year olds) haha! I've never had any kids that are very "kissy kissy".Comment
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Something I do is kiss my pointer finger than "kiss" them on the nose or cheek with it. The older kids have started doing it to the smaller ones. It's adorable.Comment
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My first year of doing child care I had brothers who had herpes. You wouldn't know unless you saw them during an outbreak. No kissing at daycare. Ever. Not even kissing me.Comment
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I have a very affectionate group too! I finally had to say no kissing. Because, one little guy was still kissing on the mouth.Comment
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This may sound really cynical, but my last chronic hugger was using it as a stall and domination technique at pick-up time. He would drive the other kids crazy with his aggression and screaming all day, but want to hug all of them before he left. His parents ate it up. The other kids would grimace or try to escape, resulting in his parents thinking that they had spawned a mini-Ghandi and the other kids (including mine) had issues. I just started handing him off at the door.Comment
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I don't normally allow this type of thing.
It's not conducive to my set up and it's unnecessary and in most cases, like previous poster said and is nothing more than a stall tactic or an opportunity to put on a "show" for mom/dad.
When it's time to go, wave bye to your friends and go. No need to be hugging and kissing anyone goodbye......ESPECIALLY this time of year with all the colds and viruses going around.Comment
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This happens from time to time here. I think it is a stall tactic to going home, as the child attempts to go from DCM/DCD to another child for a hug good-bye half a dozen times at pick-up. Call me cynical, too, but it doesn't seem like a sincere good-bye, but more of a game to see how many times they can do it before DCM/DCD runs out of patience. Often, they will get a little goofy with it, too, and turn it into a squeezing match. Of course I would never allow something like that to happen any other time of the day, and pick-up is no different.
I nipped it in the bud by prepping the DCKs before pick-ups one day, saying we weren't going to hug good-bye anymore. They could wave only to their friends once mommy or daddy was here. Then, when the parents were here, I stopped the DCKs in their tracks when they tried, and announced loudly and cheerfully, "Remember, we are not going to hug anymore? A few of you have an icky cold, and we are trying not to spread it. Thank you for following directions. Wave and say good-bye to your friends!"
And that was that.Comment
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Our set-up means it takes a moment for mom/dad to get all the way inside, so hugs at that time are fine. Kisses are for family.
Time-stall hugs are ended by me, and kids are 'helped' out. They don't like that though
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At an FCC I used to work at one of the parents would tell their kids to hug all their friends and the teachers good bye.Comment
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