We've Got a Runner!

[Lee-Bee]

Is it just me? Or is there someting odd about this? The supervisor doesn't want you to communicate with the parents? About a concerning and potentially hazardous behaviour? I understand that the parents can't actually do anything about it, they aren't there, so the behaviour has to be dealt with at daycare, but you aren't allowed to talk to the parents? Not even to tell them what you're doing about it? I really hope I'm missing some key piece of information here.

My thoughts were that the supervisor is worried the parents will feel they do not have control of the situation. Perhaps she spoke to the parents who expressed concern with the fact their child was able to run off, out of the room and since they haven't been able to tackle the problem she doesn't want to bring it up again.

The problem with this behavior when there is only one adult is in the room is that that adult needs to decide between the child that has run off or the group of children that remain. Not a position a daycare teacher should be put in.

As noted above the pull down handles do have locks available. A gate would be a second possibility. But, ultimately with 8 children in your care you will need a second set of hands to end this behavior. The child needs to be shadowed and stopped every time he attempts to run, with a consequence. This is really hard to do on your own!

How old is the child?