Parent calling to speak to the child

[Spixie33]

I have seen daycare ads telling parents that they can skype with their child during the day.
I can't even imagine how a provider could commit to that and find the time to go sit in front of a webcam with the kids.

I have never had a parent call for their child. They are all too young to really talk on the phone - aren't they? That would mean you have to stay there holding the phone?

I have parents sometimes call to tell me something but definitely not to talk to their kids. Most of the time they don't even ask about how their child is doing when they call.

[nesya]

oh yes mom in alberta. i am sure she doesnt trust me. and i have told her if she doesnt trust me theres no point. the child is more than 3 yrs. she is more than 4 months under my care.the reason parents give me now is that the child doesnt cry under my care but they want to call and speak to the child just for their satisfaction. i dont worry if they leave bu they dont want to and i am not sure if its a valid reason for me to give her a letter. but yes i am not going to answer their calls anymore during daycare hours. i just thought it was rude not to. and they kept on calling every minute until i answered. so sometimes i felt like just replying the call and finishing it off for the day than hearing the phone ringing every minute.

[playfelt]

You have told the mom no calls and that you won't be answering the phone and she shoudl leave a message - she needs to read the story of the boy who cried wolf - someday she is going to need to tell you something important and will get ignored. Set the phone to go to answering machine and turn the ringer off. A quick glance at the phone every now and then will let you know if anyone has called and you listen to the message and reply only if it is a real friend - most of my friends know not to call during the day so any calls I get are usually telemarketers or rogers concerned about how many phone services I dont' subscribe to that they offer.

Another option is to answer the phone and just tell her sorry your child is busy playing right now and can't come to the phone would you like to leave a message....!

[jec]

I agree with everyone ~ it's disruptive to both the little one and everyone else.

One thing I have learned through my experience of being a daycare provider with my own business ~ there is a difference between working with parents and letting them micro manage you and call the shots.
An idea if she seems to dig her heals in the ground after you tell her she can't call anymore, offer alturnatives like tell the Mom to make a special craft like a heart and she keeps one piece and the little one gets the other and when Mom picks up her little one the heart will be one again?? If this little one is suffering from separation anxioty then she is only making things worse.

[playfelt]

Sounds like separation anxiety in reverse. Take a picture of the child at daycare and give it to the mom to keep at work just like we would ask the parents to leave a picture with the child.

[jec]

Sounds like separation anxiety in reverse. Take a picture of the child at daycare and give it to the mom to keep at work just like we would ask the parents to leave a picture with the child.

I think playfelt is right ....sounds like Mom might be the one who needs to be torn away!