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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is super weird and I have never heard of it. I have done a lot of babysitting and find it excruciating when the parents insist on lingering when kids are upset. Once they leave the kids are fine in minutes. [/quote] +1 very experienced babysitter and preschool teacher with a background in child development. It’s so much easier once the parents leave. Also, her whole policy goes against everything we know about child development. All children are going to get upset or feel uncomfortable when their parents leave them with someone for the first time, especially preschool aged and younger. By making you stay when they got upset, she reinforced the idea that they were only safe with their parent(s). And that if they don’t want their parents to leave, they just have to cry long and hard enough. I’m going to assume this woman has never watched/interacted much with kids younger than 5.[/quote]
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