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[quote=Anonymous]He is adorable.  He picks up this small baby doll in the library playroom and "shows" it things.  He gives it kisses.  All totally normal and developmentally on track if not a little early.

However, I made the huge mistake of mentioning that my charge like to play with the baby doll to his father.  He was clearly unhappy and asked that I discourage this behavior.

This is the first time I have refused to comply with something my charge's parents asked me to do.  I told the father that I was not comfortable restricting what his son could play with, explained that it was healthy and empathetic behavior for a child so young, and that it would make his son unhappy.   Again, the father said something like, "I don't want him playing with dolls".

It is not something I want to make into a bigger issue by talking to the mother about it.  But the bottom line, for me, is that I am not going to NOT allow my charge to play with the damn doll.  If I get fired for it, so be it.  I am not going to lie but I am also not going to mention it again.  I'm just going to let him keep playing with the doll at the library playroom.

WWYD?  [/quote]

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