On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:26 -0700 (PDT), cjra <cjrohr31@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>That is why, when someone says they want to take my kid to the bank,
>grocery shopping, etc, I will bristle. That's *not* what I'm paying
>them to do. No, they don't have to be glued to my kid all day. They do
>have to recognize that caring for a child requires their continued
>attention, however, and personal errands have to be put on hold.
See for me this would depend on *how* the errands were done rather
than on the errands themselves. If a DCP takes children to the
grocery store or bank, I would expect her to be talking to the
children about what was happening. Getting her groceries would be
only a secondary goal of going. Of course, this depends on how many
children she is caring for and the ages of the children. We did
walking trips to the grocery store with our preschool cl***** and when
we did we had the children involved in planning a snack or meal that
we would cook and eat together.
We also took a field trip to the bank with 3 and 4 year olds and they
got to see the vault and to ask questions about the tellers work.
We also took a field trips to nearby parks, to the local library, to a
bakery, etc. All of these were planned so that the children got quite
a lot out of them.
All of our trips, though, were walking trips rather than car trips.
We had everything close enough to walk to.
--
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
The Outer Limits
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