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[quote=Anonymous]I just read this thread in search of whatever support I can get to advocate for my child who does not nap in preschool. They require 2 hour naps for 3-4 year olds, and my son is miserable. He started there last year, at age 2.5 and stopped napping around the time he turned 3. As you all know, kids mature at different times and outgrow afternoon naps between 2-5 years of age. We negotiated with his teacher last year to let him read a book if he could not fall asleep in 30 minutes. It wasn't easy, she singled him out as the only one in a group of 8 kids who didn't nap (later I found from other moms that he was not the only one), he was acting out during the entire 2-hour period when the room was dark, he was on his cot and constantly being shht to keep quiet. In the end, the teacher gave up and let him read a book while the others napped.

This year, in the older classroom, the teacher insisted that no exceptions will be made for anyone. Whoever didn't want to sleep would have to stay quiet, no fidgeting, on his cot for two hours in the dark. This is pure torture if the child does not end up sleeping in the first half hour. I read the law (we are in VA), and it says the daycare provider should provide toddlers and preschoolers with at least one hour rest time, but not more than two. It doesn't say it should force them, it says it should provide them with the opportunity. It also says, that it is forbidden to force food or rest on kids. How is this being interpreted by anyone to mean that preschoolers SHOULD be required to sleep or stay awake in their cots for two hours, no moving, no talking, no reading, etc?

Has anyone successfully managed to change their school's policy in this regard, i.e. to require the preschool to provide a separate space where kids who have matured and outgrown their afternoon naps can spend some quiet time and not bother the rest? How did you do it? Changing schools would be the last resort for us as we have paid a huge deposit and a number of non-refundable fees, plus the year is just starting.

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