Questions tagged [daycare]
Social interactions, subject matter addressed, safety at daycare centers, choosing a daycare center, staff behavior, and other issues related to daycare centers.
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My 10mnd old wants 100% of the time attention, how can I reduce this?
My 10mnd old demands 100% of the time attention from others other than his parents, how can I reduce this?
When I or his mom are around, he can play somewhat solo. I give him attention for a ...
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My 3.7 years son bites his peers
My 3.7 year old son bites other kids at daycare (and sometimes us) when he doesn't get what he wants. His speech skill is well developed. He is a happy, social and healthy boy otherwise. We are also ...
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Should I suspend my toddler's attendance at daycare for a few weeks when their sibling is born?
This was suggested to us by our doctor, to prevent our daughter to get sick (which in her first year of daycare she does, often), and pass it on to the baby.
She hasn't been attending daycare anyway ...
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Will long periods of sitting in a high chair impede a 7-month-old's development?
My seven-month-old can sit, crawl, is able to stand, and can cruise (walk while holding onto furniture and people). He has been going to daycare for two weeks. Daycare constantly sends pictures to ...
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2 1/2 year old still crying after a year at daycare drop off [duplicate]
My 2.5 year old is still crying every day I drop him off at daycare. They tell me he stops after 2-5 minutes of me leaving but now he has to move up to pre school class and the crying is even worse.
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3yo doesn't want to go to daycare although he likes it there
I have two sons ages 3 and 1. We bring them to the daycare center every morning.
When we pick them up, my 3yo will say everything was fine and he liked it there and that it was nice playing with his ...
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Recommended group size for 1.5 years old?
We have a 1.5 year old boy. We are trying to choose between two daycare options - one is more intimate with 4-5 toddlers, 1-1.5 years old, the other is with about 10 kids, some will be older.
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2 year old toddler closes her eyes only in the classroom in school
Our 2 year old closes her eyes in the classroom in school, and only opens them when she steps outside the classroom to go to the playground or toilet. She has been there for 3 weeks, and I'm wondering ...
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Adjusting to Daycare
I have a one year old. We started sending him to daycare 5 weeks back. As soon as I enter his class to drop him, he would start crying. I have read that kids take few weeks to adjust to new ...
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2.9 year old does not want do coloring
My son is 2.9 years old and he is not interested to do coloring. We have tried to do everything to increase his interest for coloring, but day by day it has deteriorated. Please give me any suggestion....
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3yr old girl not listening to “no” in school
My 3yr old toddler girl has been “helecoptered” until now and is not very independent. Going into school with basic potty training, she started to touch the yucky water when alone in the toilet. ...
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Does free childcare have an effect on children's development and how much time parents spend with children?
Some countries have free nursery/pre-school from a very young age - it's compulsory in France from age three, for example. I'm interested in what kind of effect this has on children's development. By ...
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Get around peer's mind games gracefully
What shall my 2.5-year-old son do in the situation when his peer plays naughty games with him?
My son meets regularly with a toddler girl (3yo); his friend, our neighbor and a follow-mate in ...
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Baby started to cry at daycare
My son is going to daycare since 3.5 months old 3 days per week.
He has been happy and behaving very well.
He is now 8 months old.
He never cries when I leave him, but since a couple of weeks he ...
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My 3 year old is having problems at daycare but not at home what can I do to address this?
My son just turned 3 and moved to a new daycare 4 weeks ago. He had a good first few days and his behaviors have gotten steadily worse. He’s spitting, hitting, biting, and pinching. He’s had bitting ...
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4yr old hitting in daycare
I have a four year old who goes to daycare. The daycare has been reporting that he has been hitting other children. They say he just hits for no reason. The daycare does not put kids in timeout, they ...
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My 4 yr old all of the sudden started clinging to me and throwing tantrums by morning drop-off. Any advice?
My 4 yr old has always been going to daycare happily ever since, and I don't remember ever having problems with him during drop-off. Now during lockdown we were home together for two months! Daycare ...
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Toddler struggling to adjust to new class in daycare
My 2.4 year old is struggling to adjust to his new daycare class, with him refusing to get into the car, crying when we leave the house, crying hysterically when I walk him to his class, hurting his ...
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Daycare vs clubs?
I'm a proud father of a newborn baby. My wife is a housewife and she plans sticking to this role, at least for a few years more.
Recently, we have faced a question what to prefer for a growing kid: ...
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How to solve daycare crying situation after long vacation
We took a 5 week long hiatus from daycare / kindergarten, and after returning out son absolutely doesn't want to go there. Before we left he loved going there, there was never any crying and he was ...
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Are kids with daycare background antisocial?
I am a new parent to an 8-month-old boy. We are in a dilemma about whether to put the child in daycare (both parents are working) or take care of him at home (wife would have to leave her job).
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How to make a 5-year-old follow instructions in kindergarten?
I have a 5-year-old granddaughter. She has only been in kindergarten for two weeks and has been in trouble three times for not following instructions. No walking in line without touching wall or ...
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What to do about a defiant 5-year-old?
Our 5-year-old daughter just started kindergarten a week ago. After over a year of defiant behaviour, I had hoped that school would give my wife and I a much needed change for the better with our ...
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How to help our 2-year-old adjust to new daycare where he's violent and pushy?
Our 2-year-old has just moved from a fairly loud, apathetic, semi-violent daycare, to the point where he was coming home with bites and bruises almost daily, to a new, nicer daycare closer to our work....
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How to help our 3-year-old deal with continuously missing clothes and bad behavior from another kid in the nursery?
My 3-year-old daughter has been going to nursery for a year now. We live in Denmark.
Her clothes began disappearing in the day care (first a dress, then a jacket). And she was saying the name of one ...
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What to do when we are concerned about the sexualisation of our 20-month-old son?
My baby is 20 months old. He cannot talk that well, mostly only saying a few words clearly or baby speak. He goes to nursery twice a week, for the rest of the time he is at home with his mother.
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Uses of Dependent Care FSA
When we had our first child earlier this year, we signed up for the company Dependent Care FSA, anticipating substantial daycare expenses later this year.
Now a few months later, my wife is ...
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How to improve our 3-year-old's sleep cycle without skipping long afternoon nap?
My 3-ear-old goes to daycare where they have the policy to not wake up the sleeping kids. Therefore she ends up taking 3 hours nap from 12-3. When she comes home around 6 pm, she would be all fresh ...
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How to prevent my child from being indoctrinated with Christianity? [duplicate]
Context: We are living in a Germany and have a small child (15 months) who will go to a public kindergarten at the age of 24 months.
Problem: In our region, all public funded kindergartens also have ...
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Is it normal for some toddlers to be scared of strangers?
Neither me nor most of my friends have children, so I do not really have anyone I can ask about this.
I am new to the childcare industry and some of the toddlers seem scared of me. I am not used to ...
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Father now, earlier nursery versus grandparents now, later nursery?
Our son is 14 months old. Both the mother and I have in the last month entered full time education (I was in full time employment, she was on maternity leave). We are lucky to have my wife's parents ...
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What to do about my 2-year-old crying and screaming at daycare?
My daughter is 2 years old and in daycare where I work. She started there when she was 13 months old. It took her about a week to adjust to that room which was to be expected. I have worked in daycare ...
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What is the best time for a mom to go back to work after giving birth from the psychological and healthy attachment point of view?
Given money is not a matter of concern, and the mother cares more about the health and future of her child rather than her career development/future, when is a good time for a mother to go back to ...
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How to help our 2.5-year-old daughter deal with an abusive 5-year-old boy?
In the Kindergaden, our 2.5-year-old daughter has periodic confrontations with a 5-year-old boy, who used to hit her on the head with a toy. She is totally scared of him up to not willing to go to the ...
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How to talk to school/nursery personnel about the quality of language?
My child's school has become an "International School" this year. There are no foreign students, but they are teaching english as a second language to children since the age of 3. This comes with a ...
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My 5-year-old daughter was verbally forced by another 7-year-old girl to show her bottom in daycare
My 5-year-old daughter was verbally forced by another 7-year-old girl to show her bottom in daycare.
She told me today about this while taking a bath with me. She doesn't remember when this incident ...
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Scholarly recommendations for how much preschool is recommended for an 'average' child if there is such a thing
For a child who goes to preschool, are there any scholarly recommendations on how much preschool is recommended for a child? I know that every child is different, and that disadvanted children may ...
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How to make our 3-year-old stop crying when we want to leave the house with him?
My three-year-old cries when he goes to daycare, but now he cries when we go anywhere, to church or wal-mart. I know he is dealing with separation anxiety because he spent his first three years at ...
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Toddler crying at lunch during school
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Our girl, 19 months old, goes to day care 3 days a week. She has started becoming fussy about eating most things (as toddlers do). My wife and I have been feeding her some more simple ...
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Impact of frequent change of childcare, and how to minimise
We are a family with parents from two different countries living in a third. For family reasons, we want to move to my native country. The little one is two and a bit.
For my wife, lengthy (1+ year) ...
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Start daycare immediately or after a while in a foreign country
We (2 parents, 1 child) are moving to a foreign country with a three-year old, who can't speak the local language. What are the pros and cons of the child starting in daycare immediately or very soon ...
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How should I address daycare reports of misbehaving 4.5-year-old?
Our 4.5-year-old has been in daycare since three months, and at the same daycare for nearly four years. His behavior at daycare has generally been a little up and down, mostly good days with some bad ...
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What is the most gentle way to break an association in a 15 months old?
We are doing a daycare transition currently. My LO is 15 months old next week. I spent all AM and lunch there with her yesterday and today. It's a family based homecare and I've only heard very ...
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Teacher appreciation week
My 1.5 year old attends a private day-care/Montessori school. This is teacher appreciation week, and I am at a loss as to what to do to express my thanks. Since this is a day-care setting, even though ...
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How to handle a biting toddler in the crèche?
My daughter is in a child caring facility (a Montessori children's house, for what it's worth) in a crèche group of children from about 1 year to 3 years old. For some months now, one child from the ...
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My 7-year-old doesn't want to go to before-school childcare - how do I engage her with the opportunities in this situation?
When I talk to my 7-year-old daughter about before school childcare, she says it is "boring" and "doesn't have friends to talk to".
My personal thoughts (not that this is necessarily helpful in a ...
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What to do about my 3-year-old acting out in daycare?
I have about had it with my 3-year-old son. He has me at my wits' end with everything. He goes to daycare with his sisters and the past week or so he has acted out horribly and I can't figure out why. ...
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How to handle day care provider that tells baby to stop crying?
I went to pick up my 5-month-old son at day care today. He attends a small day care center with a separate infant room.
When I arrived, I heard one of the babies crying; she was lying on the floor. ...
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Explaining a quick & unforeseen daycare change
Our in-home daycare provider gave us her 2 weeks notice on Wednesday, completely out of the blue. Now that her youngest is a senior in high school, she's found a 9-5 job. To top it off, her holiday ...
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How much crying/tantrum is normal for a 2-year-old starting daycare?
My child had a rough start to daycare a couple of months ago, where he vomited for the first few days and seemed like he would never settle. He eventually started staying for half a day, though he ...
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