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Spanking in preschool
ChadTower:
Actually, you'd be surprised what a lot of parents will tolerate. They "don't want to deal with this" and just ignore pretty much everything so long as someone else is responsible for the kid during the day. My wife deals with parents every day who flat out never should have been allowed to reproduce.
Private or not, hitting someone else's kid is battery by definition.
Of course, the kid is 3, and 3 year olds tend to make stuff up as they test out lying. So that really does need to be considered as a possibility here.
shmokes:
That's a big concern. I already planned to talk to the director first thing in the morning when I drop her off. I brought it up again with Maddy after reading her bedtime stories and she started crying. It doesn't make it a hundred percent, but it lends credence to her position cos she's never been spanked by her mom or me, so I can imagine that it could really affect her. But I always really liked this lady when she was Maddy's teacher (when Maddy was 2), and Maddy loved her. And it would REALLY REALLY REALLY suck to get accused of something like that if it's not true. I mean, it's her job and these sort of accusations can get a person fired. But in the end, those are serious concerns, but at the same time kind of neither here nor there. I gotta talk to the director regardless of any misgivings.
I don't anticipate getting a bad reaction from the director. I hope not. I've been through three daycare/preschools since I've been in Miami, and this one is BY FAR the best. As in, not even a comparison the best. My wife and I love it and, more importantly, Maddy loves it. I would really hate to switch.
TOK:
Go in with an open mind. Kids say stuff without understanding consequence.
That is the same age my kid was when she was telling me another kid was punching her. It wasn't true.
ChadTower:
Why three preschools so far?
BTW, if you need any specific advice, I can give you my wife's email. She is very good at these things and you wouldn't be the first forum member she has advised.
shmokes:
The first time we changed preschools was because we moved just like 5 months after we got here. The second time was because we didn't like the daycare she was at. We left her in that daycare for six months and that was six months longer than we should have. It was just inexperience on our part. My gut was telling me the place wasn't good, but I just figured I was being overprotective. But my daughter would cry when we dropped her off every day. I know that's pretty normal. She was barely two, and she was happy when we picked her up in the evening, or if we came and saw her during the day or picked her up early. But I just always had a feeling that it wasn't a good place -- not that they were doing anything REALLY bad, but just that the kids weren't getting enough attention. But I let it go, thinking it was all in my mind. In retrospect, it seems obvious to me that it wasn't just in my mind, but . . . . Anyway, when we finally put her in her current daycare. She cried the first day we dropped her off, and never again. We felt so guilty for leaving her in the prior one for six months. Still do.
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