On Jul 17, 5:12 pm, "Stephanie" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> toto wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:26 -0700 (PDT), cjra <cjroh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
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> >> 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.
>
> See I like the way you are thinking. One of the things I get around here
> (georgraphically not usenetly) is the idea that kids should do kid
things.
> Like kids in a box.
Nope. Not what I've said. We probably bring our kid to a lot more
adult activities than most.But I'm pretty sure DD doesn't need to go
grocery shopping 2x/day to understand where food comes from....and I
think the DCP would be crazy to take her, since she likes to get
everything off the shelves....
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