All this is neither here nor there; my son is very smart and I know he is learning a lot on his own. I also know I could not run a daycare I don't have the patience for that many kids. My daycare woman does not seem to have an impatient bone in her body and she treats my kids like gold. This is why we're still there nearly three years later even though I do have my problems with the place (I'm really not unreasonable).
I don't know why I'm being so defensive about this; I was mad (and I still feel rightfully so) and I took it out here and not directly at her.
But enough about that - we're headed to the circus! My mil wanted to take the kids so we are all headed over. It's not my cup of tea, but I'm excited to see how spencer reacts. Toodles!
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Okay, take this for what it's worth, since you know my kids aren't in daycare, etc.
I don't feel like the TV should be on in a daycare situation. Her JOB is to take care of your children, she shouldn't be letting the TV babysit. I admit that Caro gets regular TV in my house, don't get me wrong, but that's because I need to DO some things (laundry/blogging/dishes/dinner) and the only way to get anything done is to distract her.
Now, I don't know how much they are getting and I can see watching a movie or something of the sort maybe once or twice a week because, you know, that's a fun thing for the kids and if she's trying to get some kids to settle down while other ones need a nap or something - well, that makes sense. But really? I just think that if I'm paying (or, uh, you are paying) for someone to watch my child, they should be interacting with said children and therefore, little to no TV.
That being said, I would much prefer a home daycare to a more formal setting at this age, so I guess you sometimes have to take the good with the bad, right?
I agree, and I know the tv is always on when I get there but I think it's on all the time in the background. They aren't necessarily watching it, but it's still on. They get regular tv in my house too, but actually since I got that Elmo ABC game for the Wii, Spencer has preferred to play that over watching tv. He's gotten good at identifying letters (k and x seem to be the ones he has the most trouble with), and it teaches rhyming and the like which is a little over his head.
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