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CHILD GUIDANCE METHODS

In all the years that I have been involved in childcare, I have never found discipline to be a positive method for guidance. In my home- love, redirection, and positive reinforcement will be the only guidance methods used. Every child has their own way that they benefit from teaching moments and when they're able to have healthy grasps of consequences, but never will there be any forms of physical contact or official ‘time outs’ used. If a child matures and they need “time” to gather or to have some time apart from the group, it will be done in the form of redirecting to another activity vs excluding them from their peers. It is important for children to learn self-regulation but is not to be expected until well into their late toddler/early preschool years.  If you find yourself working with a trained professional and there are methods that can be reinforced in the daycare setting, please communicate those to me and we will discuss options that work for everyone. Any rules enforced will be out of the safety of your child or their peers and to begin learning respect and respecting the feelings of others.  Children go through a wide range of emotions and feelings as they develop, and I will take the time to help your child to sort through the wild ride of childhood and develop healthy coping skills.

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