Book |
Quote/Comment |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee*
©2004, P 4
*Sounds like "C'est la Vie", a French phrase meaning "That's
life". |
...I am a home daycare provider. I
have been in this business for over twenty years. ...My daycare is
highly recommended...(but) it is my opinion that infants and toddlers up to
preschool age have no business in daycare.
Category = Caregiver |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
7 |
They try to kiss a crying, screaming
child goodbye...
The child drops to the floor sobbing and begs me to get his mommy.
A variation of this happens nearly everyday with every child. I feel like a
witness to a crime; a crime committed every day all over the country
by...parents leaving their little ones at daycare.
Category =
Behavior, Caregiver |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
8 |
If I were the most wonderful daycare provider in
the world, I would have time to spend, at most, a
few minutes a day with each child, hugging him and giving him the
individual attention he needs and wants.
Category =
Caregiver, Quality |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
10 |
...most modern and expensive (daycares are) set
up so that you can monitor your child from work via your computer. Isn’t
technology wonderful?
You can watch your crying child being comforted by strangers in real-time
from your office.
Category =
Caregiver, Quality |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
21 |
I swear, one day I am just going to close my
daycare and write a letter to each parent detailing all of the emotionally
damaging days their children have suffered...
Parents will be in shock; they will think that something was wrong with the
daycare...
I don’t have enough time to hold, comfort, carry
and play with each child individually...
If I tried to be open with the parents, they would immediately seek another
daycare.
Category =
Caregiver, Quality |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
25 |
Many parents bring a list of questions. Some of
the more popular ones are, “Do you spank the children for discipline?”
“Do you shake babies to get them to quiet down?” “Do you prop up bottles for
infants when you feed them?” Do they think that any daycare provider is
going to answer "yes" to any of those questions even if they do those
things?
Category =
Caregiver, Danger, Quality |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
25-26 |
I had one mom who even wanted to know if I fill
out a daily report on each child...
I guess the next best thing to raising your child in her mind, is to
read about your child.
Category =
Caregiver |
Your Baby in Daycare:
Are you out of your mind?
by Seyla Vee ©2004, P
29 |
(There are) specialty daycare places that deal
only with sick kids, and more or less keep them in isolation all day. Isn’t
that heartless?
Category =
Caregiver |