Daycares to sitters and guilt of leaving your child. Do I or don't I?
Kathy Rossi
Project#2 Online assignment
Brian Lewis 1022 English Comp II
Our children are the loves of our lives. Why wouldn't we be concerned about them? Leaving them the first day back to work is a hard task. Whether it is at a licensed daycare, sitter, or relative. Moms want to be there to help them grow in a wonderful way. Whether it be to help them with their shoes or be the one that reads them their first book of nursery stories such as Peter Piper or the Old woman in the Shoe. Moms can have a bit of a guilt complex from dropping them off and hearing them cry as you walk out the door of the daycare. Or maybe you come back early from work and hear your child call the care provider "mom." I think an important factor is if you need to have your child in a daycare, find one that you feel a close connection with the provider. The fact that I owned and operated a daycare for 8 children and then eventually moved up to 55 children give me confidence in sharing my opinion. I once had a mom come every day for two weeks and sit in with the group of children and I. She was able to gain confidence in me and the way I handled the situations with the children. Her children would join in our activities and she could sit back and see the love that was given to each child. By the third week this mother left her children with me and had no crying or hard good byes as she walked out the door to work. Of course not all parents can afford to do such as she did for two weeks, but it really did make a difference in her trusting me and she feeling good about the care her children would be getting. There was an article on CNN that spoke of daycare situations and the advice that was given was to find a place you feel comfortable leaving your children. Yes, there may be a day that doesn't fit well with what you see at the daycare but, if all the other days you drop your children off and they are happy and excited to be there then you have found a great program and kind of an extended family.
ross0031 Kathy
www.cnn.com/2007/.../family/07/23/par...child.care/index.html
I believe that a daycare provider can turn into a sort of extended family. I have had many friends and family members who have remained close with their daycare providers. Finding some who you feel a connection to and is someone you are comfortable leaving your children with is very important. Taking the time to get to know the daycare provider and introducing your children to that person is very important. Not only will you feel good about your children staying with this person but your children won't be as scared or nervous which will also make you less scared, nervous, and guilty to leave them.
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