DCM dropped the ball on handling a very teachable moment!

[sandylynn]

i didn't interpret this as being an outside toy issue. This toy was given to the daycare. It wasn't a case of bringing something from home to play with to then take it home....this i never allow. This parent should have backed up the agreement they made with both their child that morning and with the provider who received the toy for the daycare. I would have regardless of the chaos ensuing everywhere else, not given the toy back as it wasn't theirs to take anymore. It would have not required any kind of confrontation with the parent as i have a rule that all daycare families are aware of from day one. My house, my rules. I would have said my piece and then ushered them out the door....tantrum and all. It is a daycare toy now and your friends are playing with it. We will see you tomorrow when you can have a turn again. End of!

hallelujah bright sparks...well said...i would have done exactly the same thing...kept the toy and sent them on their way....this child did not learn a damn thing except to get her own way! Shame on the mother....

[bright sparks]

hallelujah bright sparks...well said...i would have done exactly the same thing...kept the toy and sent them on their way....this child did not learn a damn thing except to get her own way! Shame on the mother....

I wouldn't go so far as to say shame on the mother at all. We are human and all capable of making less than perfect choices. I think that the mother took the easy route versus the better route. She is human after all. I'd be a massive hypocrite if I judged her harshly based on this.