That seems like such a silly rule for a 2 year old. All she will care about is that her mum is here. If she makes her clean up she just learn to resent it because it kept her from her mum.

Sounds to me that the teacher handles a good rule a bit too rigidly

Wow! This woman needs to understand that things happen. Some flexibility would help. Unless the carer thinks it happens more often than the author is willing to admit to.

It sounds like they had a good working agreement. Unfortunately things happen and we all need to be flexible. I hope they can work it out for the child’s sake.

Life happens. Judgy people sadly also happen!
I think it could have been phrased better and a verbal warning sounds a bit o.t.t. It has to work for everyone, not just the child care worker. If this is going to be the way forward, you may need to have a word with the centre manager to explain the situation and that the warning sounds unfair and unwarranted.

you are paying for a service which you should get . I think you need to have a chat with the teacher and remind her what this means .Your talking about a 2 year old can you tell the difference between the 2 year old and the teacher

The teacher could have easily of worked better with the mum to come to an agreement. Especially teaching the kid about flexibility

If you frequently took your daughter before she had finished clearing up then she can say something nicely, but I’m sorry mum will always Trump daycare teacher

She is teaching the kids to be flexible but at the same time she is ignoring the fact that life is unpredictable and sometimes we do need to leave one thing to do another one and needs to be more flexible rather than being rigid about following the rules.

Good for littlies to learn to tidy up, however the day care mum needs to be flexible to a parent’s schedule. You are paying her for a service.

I like that they are taught to clean up their mess, but situations do change at times and there should be some give and take in all situations. If you are really peeved over this, then I would be taking the matter higher [or looking for a new day-care].

Good thing to teach them to clean up, though I don’t think they it’s mandatory for them to do it at daycare

Whilst I understand where your day carer is coming from, she is being ridiculous. If my day carer gave me a formal warning over something like that I’d be like “okay then, I’ll find another day carer.” Family day care is hard though as they aren’t run by the big corporations, it’s just their rules.

Being responsible is important, but understanding that life happens, isn’t perfect and being flexible, adaptive and responsive are also important skills!

Check the finer details of a a contract and the legality and also discuss with the manager.

Take it up with the director.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  I agree, always go higher up if not satisfied.

I agree with kids cleaning up and putting toys away etc. but sometimes that doesn’t work! If it happened frequently I’d be all for the teacher saying something to the parent.

My son went to occassional daycare and i often collected bfr time after sending a trxt..no one made a bid deal of it. Dont think any daycare has policy of not leaving before you packup.

Is this coming directly from the teacher or is the teacher enforcing the daycare centres rules
If it’s the centres rules was the parent informed before enrolling the child…
If it’s directly from the teacher and your still unhappy with the teachers verbal warning go talk to the director of the daycare centre.
Still unhappy enquiry about other forms of child care for your child
You and your child needs to feel comfortable with your child’s daycare

Communication always makes life easier, however a little give and take is also necessary. Life can not always be structured.