My day care doesn't have the rope/loop thing that others are describing (that I know of,) but as the parent of a will-be-four-year-old-in-28-days, I approve whole-heartedly.
Charlotte is a pretty good kid, and she minds me well enough that other people and parents compliment me on it. That said, Pennsic was definitely a don't take your eyes off her bit of a nightmare. There's crowds. She's short. There are interesting things to see. Blink, and she's gone. Not to mention that when I bark "STOP" at her she does - but there's about three steps of momentum. AND depending on the situation, my tone, her mindset - in that little brain the logical thing to do at that point might be to run back to mommy - right in front of the car pulling into camp.
There's *one* of her. I don't even want to imagine trying to cope with six. On a city sidewalk. Who maybe aren't as disciplined as mine. I think the folks who work at daycare are saints.
I completely get why to a non-parent who doesn't parse things the same way that would look creepy, but through the parent filter it looks differently. My reaction would likely have been "how clever."
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Date: 2012-08-22 06:10 pm (UTC)Charlotte is a pretty good kid, and she minds me well enough that other people and parents compliment me on it. That said, Pennsic was definitely a don't take your eyes off her bit of a nightmare. There's crowds. She's short. There are interesting things to see. Blink, and she's gone. Not to mention that when I bark "STOP" at her she does - but there's about three steps of momentum. AND depending on the situation, my tone, her mindset - in that little brain the logical thing to do at that point might be to run back to mommy - right in front of the car pulling into camp.
There's *one* of her. I don't even want to imagine trying to cope with six. On a city sidewalk. Who maybe aren't as disciplined as mine. I think the folks who work at daycare are saints.
I completely get why to a non-parent who doesn't parse things the same way that would look creepy, but through the parent filter it looks differently. My reaction would likely have been "how clever."