How would you handle this?

[nschildcare]

I started my hdc with the understanding that I wouldn't have set breaks.

I think we will have to agree to disagree about breaks

[Judy Trickett]

I think we will have to agree to disagree about breaks

Yeah, I am with you, nschildcare. It is unreasonable for any provider to not think they deserve a break during the day. No one can go, years and years in any job working 9 or 10 hour straight without a break.

But, as much as the naptime thing would make me want to terminate I have to say that I think by calling for a pick-up the kid sees it as getting rewarded. I mean, hell, she screams and then gets to go home! Maybe we should try that...we scream and all the kids get picked up and we can end our day at 2pm! ;

I think I would just let her scream. Yep, it WILL wake the other kids and over the course of one week it will be pure hell, but I would let her scream and show her it.....will....not.. ..work. and that she is NOT going home if she doesn't settle to nap. And if I tried that for two weeks and she STILL was a problem then, yep, I would terminate in a heartbeat.

Sorry this is happening because it royally SUCKS to not get your naptime break. I feel for you. We have a nine hour day and we are "on" for so much of it. We deserve an hour or so to tidy up, eat our own lunch and just BREATHE for a few minutes. So it would REALLY bother me to not get a naptime break and I couldn't handle that for very long. so, yeah, I feel for you!

I think that any worker deserves a break - heck, that's why there are employment laws dictating breaks! But I think that when it comes to caring for kids it is even MORE important that the provider be able to regroup and rest and be her BEST. There is a lot more at stake here than a lot of other jobs.