20 Month Old Still On Purees & Barely Self Feeding Spoon

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It's a tricky thing because there is a fine line as essentially yes, this is their child and they can do what they like. But my moral compass would not be responding well to being a sheep doing what the parents wanted me to do if it was in fact detrimental and neglectful to the child. There is more than one way of doing something and so there are different parenting styles. Those types of things don't necessarily cause harm to a child, but this actually could have pretty significant repercussions and I wouldn't want any part in it. I want to provide the best childcare possible to all children who come in my house. I could not be part of something like this which is clearly not healthy for the child. If it was a matter of working through this together, then that would be fine, but a parent who isn't willing to change her methods, regardless of her feelings, fear or parenting style, I would be giving notice. It's like talking to a brick wall all the while the one suffering is the child.