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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's okay for a teacher to brush off a parent or act cold when a parent asks about their child's day. Yes, at that age it's not realistic to expect tracking of every diaper change. But the teacher should be willing to openly discuss how a child is adjusting to a new daycare, and should be able to tell the parent if they napped even if they don't know the exact times. That being said, all this assumes the parent is speaking with someone that was with the child during the day. At our daycare our DD is with different teachers after naptime so they cannot speak to how her whole day went.[/quote]

NP.  I agree that a parent should not get brushed off when asking how their child is doing, but the parent also need to choose an appropriate time and manner for asking for that conversation.  At 2, many/most daycares no longer provide the kind of detailed reports that are more common for babies, so asking for specifics about your child's day is a bit of an extra request.  Even pre-covid, end of day was a busy time for daycares with everyone getting picked up, and the providers are tired.  This is compounded even more with the pandemic because many daycares have implemented new drop-off and pick-up procedures to move people through as quickly as possible and with minimal exposure.  No one at the daycare wants an employee spending 15 minutes talking with you in person at the end of the day in case you turn out to have covid and the employee you spoke with cannot come into work until they are cleared as a close contact.

If you want a more detailed discussion, you need to pick a better time and manner.  For now, it would probably be better to email the daycare with your questions and offer to have a call to discuss how your child is adjusting.  You cannot do this every day, though.  It should be more of a one-time thing while your child is settling in, and then later if issues come up.[/quote]

Why should the parent have to guess this? The teacher can say, "Unfortunately due to Covid protocols I have to keep the pickup line moving, how about we chat on the phone tomorrow?". People aren't mindreaders. [/quote]

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