Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
As annoying as the parent's reaction is the problem is we are already being paid to supervise the children and that includes during naptime. So if we leave them unsupervised and they wake up and decide to play then it is really on us not the parents. At the same time getting up and playing with your daughter's toys or reading one of her books is one thing but doing what was done is wilful destruction but how long would the child have to have been awake unsupervised to do that degree of damage.
I'm furious at the parents response to this behaviour by taking her kid to get ice cream. It is our responsibility to watch their child, but if it was intended for a child to be watched over for every single minute of naptime, rates would be higher and the ratio would be 1:1. Obviously this is impossible.

How many times as a provider left the room to pee and come back two minutes late to find all sorts of havoc has let loose. Also this is a naughty kid, who goes out of his way to be deceitful and he has a track record. I check every kid at least once an hour and should there be any noises, much more frequently. This child has been with me for over 3 years. One incident at naptime when he was on a nap mat on the floor was when he very quietly got up, removed his soiled diaper and smeared poo all over the carpet. Is that really as a result of me not doing my job properly? Or simply the reality of a caregiver seeing a child sleeping at routine checks and going about their other tasks for naptime. He has been sleeping in our rooms for over a year and there hasn't been a single incident. He gave me no cause for concern regardless of how he behaves during awake hours. I didn't charge this parent for the poop because it comes with the territory, but if I can not trust a child to lay down and sleep or rest, or do as they are told without fear of them being destructive, then what am I to do? Don't under estimate a child who is acting destructively with intent and full knowing that what they are doing. Sneaky and smart, even at this age. I've turned my back for a minute and seen him push a kid off the chair because my back is turned. I've heard this kid say to another kid when a chair was given up, "come and sit here quickly before so and so comes back" That is really nasty and malicious behaviour for a 4 year old. Fitted sheets, off in a minute or two maximum. Picking pulling at threads. He would have only had to have got to pulling just right to start that hole and the rest is history once he got his fingers in it.