We have a child that has been here for 4 weeks part-time. The child (preschool aged) goes into hysterics upon parent preparing to leave. Child is fine within 1 minute after the door closes.
Two weeks into being here, we changed a rule. No personal blankets/stuffed animals/etc. for health reasons. We began to supply the sheets and blankets for our cots and wash them ourselves every Friday. Most parents love that they have less laundry to do, and we love that we can guarantee that the blankets/sheets that are in our environment are actually clean (as opposed to some of the blankets that were supposed to be pink but were brown due to being dragged around everywhere and not being washed).
Parent says that he knows we do not allow personal blankets but his Preschooler needs their blankey and could she bring it anyways? I tell him no and the reasons why. He said he just "doesn't know" about our new rule and will "need to talk to Mom about it." The next several times I am told that child is crying because child wants her blanket. Child tells me that they were crying because they wanted a waffle for breakfast, so I tell Dad.
2 weeks pass by and I see this parent again. He comes in this morning and tells me that the child does not want to come because the child does not like the food here. I said, "Hm. Well, child eats while here." He said, "Oh? She eats?" I said, "Yes. Mom feeds child a donut before coming here so if you need to do that the feel free to." He said, "She ate a waffle this morning." I said, "Oh, sounds delicious! We have waffles here on occasion, but we limit their sugar intake."
Honestly, I feel insulted. I try very hard to make a clean, safe, healthy environment for the children in my care. Would it be inappropriate to talk to Dad (or Mom) and discuss them leaving since they are, obviously, not happy? How would you go about this (or would you)?
Two weeks into being here, we changed a rule. No personal blankets/stuffed animals/etc. for health reasons. We began to supply the sheets and blankets for our cots and wash them ourselves every Friday. Most parents love that they have less laundry to do, and we love that we can guarantee that the blankets/sheets that are in our environment are actually clean (as opposed to some of the blankets that were supposed to be pink but were brown due to being dragged around everywhere and not being washed).
Parent says that he knows we do not allow personal blankets but his Preschooler needs their blankey and could she bring it anyways? I tell him no and the reasons why. He said he just "doesn't know" about our new rule and will "need to talk to Mom about it." The next several times I am told that child is crying because child wants her blanket. Child tells me that they were crying because they wanted a waffle for breakfast, so I tell Dad.
2 weeks pass by and I see this parent again. He comes in this morning and tells me that the child does not want to come because the child does not like the food here. I said, "Hm. Well, child eats while here." He said, "Oh? She eats?" I said, "Yes. Mom feeds child a donut before coming here so if you need to do that the feel free to." He said, "She ate a waffle this morning." I said, "Oh, sounds delicious! We have waffles here on occasion, but we limit their sugar intake."
Honestly, I feel insulted. I try very hard to make a clean, safe, healthy environment for the children in my care. Would it be inappropriate to talk to Dad (or Mom) and discuss them leaving since they are, obviously, not happy? How would you go about this (or would you)?
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