I work at a daycare with toddlers. Which are supposed to be children 1-3. And when they turn three they go to the VPK room. But recently we accepted two kids who are cousins. A boy and a girl. The boy turns three tomorrow. The girl is four. Both have severe delays for their age. Not because anything is actually wrong with the kids either. The parents have them thinking they're still babies. The girl isn't being potty trained at all, she has a pacifier still, she doesn't try to talk and still has a bottle. She won't even feed herself. She expects you to do so for her. The boy is almost the same way. But he'll at least drink out of a sippy cup and can talk some. But he's also very delayed due to being babies by his parents. And both are being kept in my class due to this hinderence in their development that their parents caused. My kids are supposed to be being potty trained but the parents of these two don't want me doing that for them saying they aren't ready... and the girl will be five in September 😑. My class is being held back because I have to cater to these two because like babies they cry all day for attention because they expect ill hold and coddle them like their parents. And no work or teaching gets done in my class anymore because of this
Maybe it's because they don't get any attention at home.
And they're desperate for the attention.
I'm not there, I don't know. It's just a thought.
It's not easy, giving kids what they don't get from their parents.
I applaud your efforts.
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You are not wrong to be annoyed by this. The daycare should have standards for accepting children including they be potty-trained by a certain age by the parents. If they aren't they should be rejected by the daycare's management. The rules should be part of a contract that parents sign when they apply for daycare at the facility.
I get that it’s frustrating for you. But how do you know that it’s simply down to their parents babying them at home? My friends daughter is the same way and she’s 7 but she’s in the process of an autism diagnosis.
That's awful. I would definitely tell the boss that you want changes made and call CPS on them
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Uhm, what am I missing here? Why isn’t CPS on the ass of these „parents“? 🤬
You have every right to be annoyed but have you talk to you boss about it cause that's unfair to the other students
Oh my gosh.
No; I don't think you're wrong to be annoyed.That sounds really annoying
totally acceptable that you are annoyed by this...
Talk to the boss about it
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