Parents of young children need to prepare for the day their kids are sent off to daycare. One way to do this is stop being clingy. Small children dislike being separated from their parents, but they can be prepared for it through the use a parting routine. Explaining short separations to a child, plus letting them know what daycare will be like, is also important. Parents also need to stop tolerating messes. A 3 year-old is old enough to be taught how to clean up after themselves. However, a child that age is also old enough to make some decisions, so parents should stop being so controlling by then. By planning ahead, a child can be made ready for the first day of day care.

Key Takeaways:

• It is so unacceptable to simply be hours late picking to a child that many facilities have a policy if contacting the police if more than three hours have passed.
• It is wise to develop a leaving ritual for children before the first daycare day, thereby nipping clingy behavior in the bud.
• Parents should phase out always spotlighting negative acts and begin highlighting positive ones before having their child enter daycare.

“Until the age of daycare rears its head, few new parents understand that things can get trickier than they already are.”

Read more: https://www.babygaga.com/parents-need-to-stop-doing-these-20-things-by-the-time-they-send-their-kids-off-to-daycare/