TV watching

[Inspired by Reggio]

When I opened I was very 'anti' television as in centre care the TV was thought of as the 'lazy educators' medium.

However I quickly realized that the difference between CENTRE care and being at HOME is that we had someone who worked in the office and did all the billing and recieving and written 'communication' with clients, we had a cook who did all the shopping and prepared all the meals and someone else who came in after hours and did all the deep cleaning and someone who came in a relieved us for a morning break and we got a guaranteed lunch hour OFF WORK to go have some me time and another relief staff who came in once a week and offered us 'programming time' and so forth and when we were sick we could call in and someone else took care of things for us and at a 'good centre' you even get paid to be home sick!

2 months of working from home and wearing ALL those hats and having to suck it up and work sick because I could not afford to close and well suddenly TV seemed more of a 'support' to the program ... and I do use it in moderation for the children over the age of 2 and without guilt .... cause otherwise I would likely burn out on those days when the baby does not nap cause he is teething and I get no 'break' or those weeks where it has rained 3 days in a row and we have not gotten outside a 'pajama day and a movie' can be a source of comfort for everyone!

I do agree though that you want to be careful with using it as a 'comfort' thing for a new child or a teething child and so forth because it can become habit forming and you do not want it on too much because like most things in life ~ too much of anything is not good!