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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They keep some kids strapped to a chair if they won’t stay in their cot. Those kids wait in the chair while other kids get lulled to sleep. When it’s their “turn” to get lulled to sleep they get removed from the chair. [/quote]

This is not normal or okay. [/quote]

How do you propose they do nap time when several kids won’t stay in their cot and disrupting the kids who are willing to stay in their cot and are sleeping?[/quote]

An effective daycare will be able to come up with a solution that does not involve restraining a child against her will. This is why often daycares have an extra floater aide who can help with an unruly child while the main teacher gets the rest of the kids settled. Or very experienced teachers who know how to get a child to at a minimum sit quietly while the other kids lie down and then the teacher can deal with the resistant child.

Good daycares use a host of effective techniques to avoid that kind of behavior to begin with though. Unless a child has special needs, a well run daycare can get the vast majority of kids to follow a schedule and to behave in safe ways so as to not disrupt other children. And if a child does have special needs it should be discussed with the parents and another solution should be found -- physically restraining a non-violent with a documented disability for the convenience of teachers is not only a problem for licensing but potentially an ADA violation.[/quote]

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