This parent is driving me crazy! Am I wrong here??

[bright sparks]

I have quiet time from 12-3. Not a naptime. I will never make it mandatory for a child to nap, because every child's needs are different and while one kid may not get enough rest with 1 or 2 hours, another child can quite happily manage at 12 months old with this amount of time, regardless of what I think. I have quiet time where everyone is expected to go for a lie down or a sleep. Should the child naturally not fall asleep, then that is their own body controlling their needs but they are still resting and should it be very difficult for them to stay settled, then they could have a book to read or other comfort item as long as they were quiet. I do have the luxury of napping the kids all separately though, so I sleep train my kids from the get go so should one wake noisily very early from nap, they can make a fuss and then self sooth themselves back to sleep and learn that screaming, shouting or misbehaving is not tolerated. If a child sleeps three hours, then it is obviously because their body needs it, and if they didn't need to get that amount of sleep, then they simply wouldn't. As for night time sleep routine, an overtired child can be more hassle at times than one who had a long daytime nap to settle at bedtime and I have heard all to frequently the parents who make these demands and complaints, tell me their kids are up to all kinds of things prior to bedtime so I think many times there are far more causes to poor night time sleeping routines that what goes on at daycare. Sleep training requires work on the caregivers part, parents need to parent....and often this is not happening so the child doesn't sleep because they don't have to.