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    Quote Originally Posted by daycarewhisperer View Post
    I dont have any hitting, biteing, or fighting in my program. I have a violence free program so this behavior would put my business at risk. Two toddlers playing together wouldnt be worth the risk of upsetting the group and my clients.
    Hi, this might be a silly question...but what is a violence free program?? Are we not all, violence free childcare providers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harmoni View Post
    ....Are we not all, violence free childcare providers?
    What you do not have a boxing corner where they can duke it out or a wrestling 101 classes for toddlers to perfect their pinning?
    Children construct their own intelligence. The adult must provide activities and context, but most of all must be able to listen. Children need proof that adults believe in them. Their three great desires are to be listened to, to understand, and to demonstrate that they are exactly what we expect."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harmoni View Post
    Hi, this might be a silly question...but what is a violence free program?? Are we not all, violence free childcare providers?
    It means we don't have hitting, fighting, biteing, bullying AT ALL. The last time a child bit in my house was 19 years ago. That was the first and last time it happened in my twenty years.

    My kids do not harm each other in ANY way. I advertise this as a part of my business. I use it as a huge selling tool when I'm interviewing prospective clients. I stand by it and year after year we accomplish it. 100 percent of my clients can verify that whether they are a year into being here or an eight year veteran that their child has never hit or been hit. Their child has never bit or been bitten. They have never been pushed, shoved, kicked or had a single physical assault. Not one... never. None of the children have ever witnessed another child hitting, biteing, fighting, ever. None of the children hit their parents or get physical in ANY way with their parents. And you can take to the bank that never a one of them have ever raised a hand to me. Not once in my 34 years of child care.

    When I interview clients I ask them to ask these specific questions to the parents they choose to give references. When I give references I give the entire day care of clients and clients who have left the child care. I make sure the parents have access to at least a decade of references.

    That's violence free. Not the concept of violence free but the actual outcome of completely free of violence.
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    I'm very curious as to the ages of children in your program? Also how many children have you terminated?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skysue View Post
    I'm very curious as to the ages of children in your program? Also how many children have you terminated?
    I have birth to five when they go to Kindy and I've terminated two families in 20 years. Neither over violence or behavior of the children but rather behavior of the parents.
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