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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you should have pulled out the kid's extra clothes and changed him before the costume became such a big issue. 
--former director[/quote]

Current director - WHY does the TEACHER need to be the bad guy instead of the parent?  I want our teachers to be understsanding, and I want them to be accommodating, but I am also so tired of parents handing teachers sneakers while their child is wearing too-small sparkly ballerina shoes and saying "sorry, couldn't get her/him out of those and into sneakers.  You can change her/him before the playground."  then leaving.  And 1 hour later, the teacher has to deal with a tantrum, very upset child, other children don't get to go outside (ratios, which are important) while one teacher deals with the changing of the shoes.  Or the teachers ask that the child be in my office while they take the rest of the kids out.  Or something else.

So, please, that's what is behind our request to send your child in X .....  your not doing it, also impacts all the other children.  And, honestly, you really do need to set limits - we do it all day long, I KNOW it's hard to in the morning when you just want a calm day before you go to work (so hide the stupid too small and the too-big shoes, or get rid of them, seriously).  But why don't the teachers also deserve a calm day when they have multiple children in their classroom?  Oh, because they are preschool teachers?  Being a preschool teacher doesn't guarantee chaos, in fact, far from it.  If YOUR client showed up without bringing their tax documents, what would you do?  Sit there and reconstruct them for hours while other clients waited?  What if your patients don't show up on time....  they just wander in 1 hour early or 2 hours late, demanding to be seen anyway?  If your boss just walked into your office, right this second and demanded that you create a spreadsheet right this second that would take 3 hours to do, what happens?  Chaos.  Oh, well, you're an employee, just deal with it?  Of course, you'll deal with it in the minute, but then you'll either put systems and rules in place (if you are late, you lose your appt and have to wait), or you'll look for another job or....[/quote]

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