cjra wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>>> 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.
I was absolutely NOT attributing what I said to what you said. When I said
"around here" I meant around my town, which is why I made the rather
stupid
aside about geographically (spelled wrong) vs here on this group.
> 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....
Right on.
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