toto <scarecrow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:26 -0700 (PDT), cjra <cjrohr31@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>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.
And I bet you didn't do the same things every week the same either
I have absolutely no problem (and I don't think many of us do) with
the DCP taking time to clean the kitchen or put in a load of laundry
of something while they are doing the day care thing. It isn't that
the person has to be hyperfocused on the kids all the time. That's
not possible or logical or good. But they have to be available
mentally and physically if needed, and that doesn't mean taking kids
to the bank every week.
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