Young Children's Behaviour by Louise Porter

Young Children's Behaviour by Louise Porter

Author:Louise Porter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2016-01-29T16:00:00+00:00


Reunions

Even those children who separated reluctantly from their parents at the beginning of the day might be off-hand when their parents return to collect them. Ignoring the parents might simply reflect the fact that they were certain that their parents would return.

A second pattern is that some children resist going home. These reactions have nothing to do with the child’s preference for childcare compared with home.13 Instead, their reluctance to leave can be an attempt to involve their parents in this important part of their lives.

Third, the children might see their parent and experience renewed sadness that they have been parted all day and therefore become upset. This distress is likely when children are exhausted.

When parents collect their children, suggest that they avoid telling children that they have missed them, in case the children think that their parents need their company and therefore refuse to separate in the future. Instead, they can tell their child that they are glad to see them, which is what they mean anyway.

Children who are picked up late in the day often experience growing distress as they see other children going home before them. It can be useful to reserve some special activities for this time of the day, and to make use of the improved adult-child ratio to give these children some special attention.



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