teaching at daycare

Taking a child to daycare doesn't only teach the child to share, but it teaches the child social skills that they will use throughout the rest of their life. These skills cannot be learned at home, even with other children present. This is a double-edged sword, because if you take your child to the wrong center, they may pick up habits from the other kids that you would not like, so take your time and pick the daycare carefully, it will help your child in the long run.

I don't think that daycare is necessary for all children. My son is 18 months old. He has never gone to a daycare center. When he was 6-10 months old, he went right next door two days a week while I was at work. He was around 2 little boys who were 2 and 3 at the time. He didn't really have to share anything with them, though. When I quit working, he quit being around other children, except during church, and at story hour at the library. My son is pretty good at sharing and is already concerned about other people. I don't plan on paying someone else to teach him these things when I'm perfectly capable of teaching him these things myself.

I don't think it's as easy when you have 1 child, they don't have to share with anyone so they're less likely to learn it early :) We had that problem when our nieces came to visit, my daughter did ok except when things were snatched off her but our nieces don't share - there are 3 of them (2 & 4 are the ages). I think they learn at things like daycare because there are a lot of other children there as well. A parent can only teach so much, especially when there's only 1 child but that's what daycare, kindergarten & stuff are there for - to get them ready for school & to understand things like being nice, not snatching, sharing etc.

I think every situation is different. Of course it is up to the parents to teach how to share and be with other children. When my oldest daughter was little and my only child at the time, i worked full time and she went to my parents house during the day. There were no children for her to be around and so I did put her in a day care a couple of days a week. It was a good thing for her. My other girls on the other hand never ever went to a day care. I changed jobs and worked opposite hours from my husband and we lived in a neighborhood where there were plenty of kids. At one point I was the daycare and that was ideal.

Parents are alwasy the first teahers for their kids and the kids also pick up fastest from their parents. But there comes an age when they need the compnay of other kids, they need to socialise - interact and learn to move and mix around with other kids their own age, to be able to learn to fend for themseleves, and also to give and share things, which would come only in a day care, as that is a place that teaches them many other things beside this. The right age would be around 2 plus for a child to go to a day care. Before that you can home teach your child and let the child go regularly go to daycare, not just once a week, as the kids dont get used to the day care then. The only thing to keep in mind first would be what kind of day care it is, and what facilities it has, and most imporantly interact and meet the staff and teachers there, and by a sinlge meeting youd be able to know if they are alright for your child as they should be motherly and lenient, playful yet attentive at all times, as wed be entrusting our kids with them for 3-4-5 hours. Normally what is taught in the daycare, beside the normal skills of playing and learning things would also be how to sit and eat their tiffin on the table, to be able to go to the toilet on their own, if they arent ready yet, to share their things with other kids too, to wait for their turn, not to pull or push and grab things, to use the main words like please, thank you ,sorry etc. Of course it all depends on what area youre staying and what they provied there, this is just in generally speakig.

None of my children have ever been in daycare. Children do not need to be sent away to learn to share. Even with no siblings my oldest was kind and generous. He had no problem sharing. When his little brother came along he shared with him just fine. My son didn't even have any cousins at this point. The parents are the ultimate teachers. I personally don't believe in daycare for my family. If it is not a necessity (meaning parents working) I don't see why children cannot learn to share in other settings. I for one would rather be able to choose who my child is learning these things from when they are so young and impressionable. Other children can teach your child a lot more than you bargained for! Of course these are only my opinions and life choices.

I don't think they neccessarily have to go to daycare but I think it's good for them to be around other children so they learn how to share. I think the parent's can try to teach them how to share but they really need to be around other children so they understand what it is to share with another child even if you just take them to a playgroup or something like that. I take care of kids in my home and started doing that before my son was even born. So my son has grown up ( a little bit LOL, he's only 15 months) around these other children and I think that really has helped him with many different things.

I don't think a kid necessarily needs a daycare for social skills. Just some time with other kids - you can get that at a playground, or the library or a kids' class. As a parent, you can always teach your child to wait until you're done with something before they can have it. I think it's more easily understood though if they can have contact with other kids, who may not be as patient as you would be.

there are a lot of different kinds of kids. there are kids who only knowthat the parents are right if they here it from others. then you will sometimes here them say "my teacher told me to eat green and leafy veggies. you were right mom." sometimes they only follow if they heard another person told it to them. believe it or not some kids can be more obidient towards teacher than parents. i have four kids and the youngest is 11. they dont have the same traits but my eldest is the type of kid (when he was still a todler) that will only believe on something if the teacher told it to him.

I think there are many ways to teach even young children to share & social skills in general. Daycare may be the best choice for some parents, but by no means is it the only one. Even just interacting with parents, the child should learn basic manners. Siblings, cousins, playgroups etc all offer more oppertunties for cooperative play & sharing.