Reply to Do you play with your nanny kid all day?

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Do you play with your nanny kid all day?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally spend the whole time playing & interacting w/my charges.

I'm not saying it is necessarily the right thing to do, but in my opinion it is what most parents expect.

If they were to come home + see me reading a magazine on the couch while their child played near-by, they probably would think I was lazy for not actively engaging their child at ALL times.[/quote]

lol reading a magazine?  how about just straightening up whatever it is that the child can't do when they help, Cooking, Going to the toilet, Making a cup of tea or coffee for yourself, Packing up a bag for going out, Online making a schedule & looking up activities for spring break or summertime, or art projects? A lot kids that have nannies don't nap and there is no down time for this unless the child knows how to function a part from their care giver the entire day.

Allowing a child to have some independent or solitary play is a part of development in young children.  Otherwise they wont tap into using their imaginations. When we constantly interact and play with kids it makes them always rely on a cue from us.  I think this can make kids insecure.  Even if you let them lead(because most kids love to dictate to outcome of activities lol)  the free play aspect with building or dolls etc. they still are leaning on [i]your[/i] expectations.  Kids also learn problem solving skills when allowed to have solitary play.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics