Daycare child lying

[bright sparks]

The fact that the parent believed their 3 year old AND didn't bring any issues up with you has alarm bells going off in my head. The parent should have at the very least mentioned to you that xxx came home last night and told me xyz happened, prompting a conversation between the two of you. To take a 3 year olds word as gospel is silly but the fact that she never brought it up with you would have me wary of this family too. I would raise this with the parents. How are you supposed to work together if the parent isn't approaching you with their concerns. Obviously anything the child says should be heard and responded too, whether it is because something actually happened or because they are compulsively lying. This needs to be nipped in the bud for the child's sake but it sounds to me like these are the types of parents who would just leave rather than deal with it.