Let's talk about TV watching

[Suzie_Homemaker]

Do you let the kids watch TV at your daycare? And if so, what do you tell parents when it comes up in interviews? Have any parents ever been concerned about it?

No screen time here, in any format, ever. I have client who come because no screen time and I never lost a potential client from not having it.

However, if I did do it, even occasionally, I would be honest about it. I would be furious if I asked question and it down play the amount of screen time or outright lied about. Infant not infant forever, child learn to speak, and most child tell parent about their day, what they eat, who was in dayhome that day, who off sick. If parent thought no screen or limited screen and child told list of program they seen that day, it would break parent trust and that is not fixable.

If you offer TV, then it clear you not feel it issue and many parent will agree but you must be honest. Nothing worse than client feeling they were told what they want hear vs the truth and allowed make informed decision about where they place their child.