TV watching

[Littledragon]

working at a center sounds amazing!! lol he cried when he first got here, which is SO weird, he hasn't done that since his first month here and so I put him on the couch so he could have some time for himself and he watched tv. But I watched as he slowly started moving towards the end of the couch. But he one of those kids who gets sucked in to the TV, like he doesn't even hear when you say his name. I ended up taking him off the couch and turning off the tv after maybe 30-45 minutes. It gets to a point where he runs into things when he's walking cause he's watching the TV (I generally have it on all day bc the kids use it as background - not one kid (except this one lol) actually watches it. When his mom dropped him off, she said "look sweetie, the TV's on" I think the TV babysits him at home. Anyways, I'll play it by ear. I really dont like the TV bc I feel like they may be frying their brains a bit lol I don't even like my son to watch it at all, but I let him because I know it's more of a paranoia thing for me but I don't allow my son to watch more than 30 minutes a day because he's still only 12 months old.

Anyways, thats my rant lol I think I might just start turning the TV off and just leaving the volume on. But that does confuse my 2.5 year old. We'll see lol

[Inspired by Reggio]

working at a center sounds amazing!! lol ....

Nope ... I would not return for all the tea in China

Yes they have more 'resources' that we do but you NEED them and they are still not enough for what you have to deal with because you have NO CONTROL over your clientelle or coworkers .... I have had to work with kids who called me names that made me blush, who were SO AGGRESSIVE they threw tables in their tantrums and I have had to work with peers who 'lost' children because they cannot count or whose answer to every challenge was 'I do not get paid enough to do that' verses finding a solution and you have to do it with a SMILE because you are professional! Not to mention that you do not get to have a 'personal philosophy' for how to do things you have to adapt the 'centres' philosophy which often means doing whatever makes the client happy so you are in your program trying to balance a 1000 different 'parenting styles and philosophies' often which compete with each other cause they are so different ... I could go on and on about how much HARDER it is working with children in a regulated licensed centre but quiet time is almost over

We may have to wear all the hats and take on my risk financially but we honestly have it WAY BETTER