Do you have a child in daycare?

United States
April 16, 2009 2:07pm CST
My 18 month old is in a Daycare here locally. I have noticed lately that she likes to push and say move out of the way. How should I deal with this? Also, the other night we said the word trouble for the first time to her and she turned around and said trouble and started spanking herself. I don't know if they spank her at daycare or if she picked it up from one of the children in her class. How do you really know what goes on there?
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Yes, that is true what you are saying. I was wondering if someone showed her this like as if to say, if you be bad then you will get a spanking. Or maybe one of the kids was saying that what happens when they would get into trouble at home. I just hope that the child care workers and staff is not spanking your child. Can your daughter tell you if someone was hitting her? If not then, I will bring this to the day care's attention if possible. Don't let this go on without checking more into it. No one has the right to hit your child if you did not give them any permisssion.
• United States
16 Apr 09
You can ask her but she says yes to a lot of things even when the answer is no. I want to try and ask her who hits her and see if she can tell me anyones name. She knows all her teachers names.
• Canada
16 Apr 09
I would never put my kids in daycare before they are able to talk. Neither of my children are in daycare. They may very well spank children as a form of punishment. I absolutly do not believe in spanking. You should ask your daughter if the teacher smacked her bum. You should talk to the teachers and ask them if they use spanking. You should also take a few days and go to the daycare just to observe. I saw in one of your other conversations that her dad spanked her one time when she bit. Mabie that is where she learned it. Im in no way insuiniting that he hits her at all please dont take me like that. Its just it only takes one tap on the butt for kids to remember!
• United States
16 Apr 09
I appreciate the advice. I do not think you insinuating anything. Everyone has there own method of punishment. God Bless!
@rapolu_cs (1184)
• India
12 Jun 09
In most of the day care they will do the same as they have to deal so many kids under one roof ,as in these cases the teachers should have more patience towards kids then it is agood one and even kids learn the same and love and enjoy their future schools too.my kind advise is please change the daycare or you talk once with the teacher.
• India
18 Apr 09
Generally, I used to visit daycare suddenly. So that I can know what type of service they are giving to my children.
@angelican (195)
• United States
19 Apr 09
You not only have a right but an obligation as a parent to check into the daycare your child or children are going to. I do not have any kids in daycare, anymore, but out of all my kids (6), I have seen some bad things. My daughter was in a daycare that I really liked, at first. I chose it because she seemed to really like children and she had them on a tight schedual that matched mine (nap time, lunch, snacks, etc.) I started noticing after a full year that she was starting to act different. She wasn't hungry for supper when she got home, she was tired or sometimes not tired at her set bedtime. What I did was I started popping in unannounced. I popped in once when they SHOULD have been napping but instead were outside playing. I stopped in later in the week again and found her making lunch for the kids 1 1/2 hours after they should have been done. The last time I popped in unannounced and the last day she attended there was when I stopped in at there SNACK time and she was just fixing lunch and the kids were outside playing in the backyard with her dog, unattended and when my daughter saw me she came running over to me with dog sh%t on her hands, shoes, and her dress. You do not know what is going on there unless you find out for yourself. My daughter was coached on not telling me that she ate late or missed a nap. Even if you kids can talk, they won't always tell you. They are afraid they will get someone in trouble. You absolutly need to check into it. You can't seem to trust anyone now a days.