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Book |
Quote/Comment |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
What else do children need to learn in
order to “socialize” in the daycare environment? They need to learn they
will not receive much attention unless they are demanding it. Again, this is
not meant to blame daycare workers...
Therefore, the child who is screaming, throwing a temper tantrum, hanging
onto a staff member’s legs, or continually crying will receive what he or
she needs.
Category = Behavior, Caregiver |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
Biting
One of the most offensive results of daycare socialization is the survival
skill called biting. Biting begins in the infant room and usually remains a
problem throughout the toddler period.
Would any adult tolerate living their lives in this manner? Imagine going
off to work, knowing that the man sitting in the next office or cubicle
might come over and bite your leg or arm. This is what our babies and
toddlers are exposed to in daycare.
Category = Behavior, Caregiver, Danger |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
Parents sometimes were angry at the
directors and “teachers” for not disclosing who had bitten their child. It
should also be mentioned that if a bitter has any type of contagious medical
condition, this information would not necessarily be shared with the parents
whose child had just gotten bitten.
“Children with blood-borne viruses have the right to attend child care
without discrimination. Child care staff, physicians, and parents of other
children who become aware of their diagnoses have an ethical obligation to
respect the privacy of this information”
Behavior, Caregiver, Danger, Disease |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
...biting really works well for the
biter. All day long, the child is forced to “socialize” with other children
who unintentionally or intentionally pull her hair, take her food away from
her, push her, cry and scream in her space, and biting is a surefire way to
get everyone to move out of the way.
Category = Behavior, Caregiver |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
...nothing even came closed to preparing
me or my immune system for the
level of illness circulating the daycare. This bombardment of germs and
consequential illness is known by many as “daycare syndrome”. Children in
daycare are continually sick with a variety of ailments and so are their
caretakers.
Category = Caregiver, Disease |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
“Daycare Nose”
Parents and staff members often refer to a specific component of “daycare
syndrome”, whereby children’s noses continually run, as “daycare
nose”. This term is used casually and lightheartedly. Most children in
daycare have a cold or sinus infection that never really goes away
Category = Caregiver, Disease |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
Why were the babies sick all of the
time? Once one baby enters daycare with a cold, it will be passed around and
around the room. When parents take tours of daycare centers, cleanliness is
always a hot topic. They want to know if toys are sterilized at the end of
each day, if diaper stations and cribs are wiped down with a bleach
solution, etc. The answer to these questions was always ... “yes” from the
directors. Unfortunately, every effort in the world will not keep a little
room clean of germs when six (but usually many more) babies are living out
their lives within it.
Category = Caregiver, Disease |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
Sterilizing Toys – Why It Doesn’t
Prevent Sickness
In the morning, my first job in the infant room was to take all of the
little toys that babies love to chew and suck on and deposit them in the
center’s sterilizer to be sanitized. I mentioned early in the book that the
places I have worked have been of high quality. This is a direct example.
Many centers are lacking this sterilization device.
Category = Caregiver, Disease, Quality |
Doing Time: What It Really Means To Grow Up
In Daycare
by May Saubier,
©2012 |
Babies need toys. Babies put toys in
their mouths. Daycare workers cannot sterilize each toy after each baby has
placed it in their mouth, nor can they designate several toys to each baby
to be used throughout the day. The result is an obvious one. The babies were
in continual contact with each others’ saliva and nose excretions through
the toys shared within the room. It is true the toys were sterilized in the
evening to begin the next day germ free. This does not prohibit the
spreading of illness even with a thorough sanitation routine in place.
Category = Caregiver, Disease |
