Dilemma For A Two Year Old.

I am wondering if there is a chance that your nephew can be put in a different preschool class. I think they need to be with someone else then their Nani's or family they are close with. How is your sister who was going to move to Atlanta? did she get moved and are they all doing well?

That is cute. I agree it is is to confusing for him at such a young age. I am not sure what dilemma for her to take. It seems a little hard to explain to a 2 year old why they have to call you one name at home and another at day care. I feel bad for your sister.

He will get it, two year olds are so smart. I think its cute if all the kids called her nani. I have lots of kids that call me gramma. I hear the word gramma and answer to it. My grandchildren friends call me gramma. Everynow and then I will hear "hi Brandons gramma", I have no idea who the kids are, but I say hi. I am known by my grandkids, its cute though. I have so much fun being a gramma. The little ones are so special.

Hi Rozie, I have also friends who are teachers and their own kids are with them...Kids just imitate their classmate as calling "teacher" or "miss" and my friends are also telling their kids at home to just follow the classmates, I know the grandson will just adopt it, it will not be abrupt but in the long run, he will understand it!

This is not very unusual for a child. I have worked with kids for many years from two to eighteen. I can tell you that even elementary school children have, at times, called me "mommy". I doubt the teacher is that concerned about it and, at the most, will probably just correct the kids. Eventually toddlers will begin to discern between a teacher and a relative and will correctly identify each person. Until then, I wouldn't sweat the small stuff.

Hi Rozie37! haha..That is so cute! Personally, I wouldn't really mind if all the children in class will call her "Nani" because I agree with you that it will be confusing for her grandson to teach him otherwise. I just hope the school wouldn't be that strict and just allow the kids to call her "Nani" until the time that they can understand the proper way to address a teacher. Take care always..God Bless!

I think that all the kids should call her Nani Doris. I hope she is as dear to them as a grandmother. I agree, that is a lot for a two year old to get a handle on. I always hated it when kids called me "teacher" and I told them that teacher was a job, and Heather was my name. I know, it is only my opinion, but I think it would be so cute to have them all call her Nani Doris.

Nani Doris sounds so cute, I don't think I would mind being called Nani Dori considering they are only two years old. It would be hard for him to change since he only knows her as Nani. Maybe when he gets a little older it would be easier to explain to him the difference.

Better stick on teaching her to call teacher Doris (my namesake). My two year old daughter is already in school and she calls her teacher "Teacher Alma". When I teach her something at home, she calls me "teacher mommy".

That is a tough one. I wonder if the parents would care if the kids in the class called her Nani Doris?

Hmmmm it is a difficult one as he is so young. Perhaps a good compromise is they all call her Nani Doris? My friend and I taught a short project with pre-school children and it included her son. It was so difficult as he played up and disliked the attention other children got from his Mum. I think it is going to be hard for your sister to get all the children to call her teacher Doris, as they've started calling her Nani. I like the idea of making it into a game, and perhaps rewarding your son at home if he calls his Nani 'teacher Doris' in class all day?

Oh boy, that will be difficult to learn at that age. I had a kid in my class whose uncle was our teacher for two years. Now we were 9 and 10 around that time. He still addressed him occasionally as uncle Anton (Anton being the teacher's first name) and had to be reminded to use Mr. and the last name. It will be very difficult for the little one to differentiate between at home and Nani environment and school and teacher Doris environment. He is simply too young. She can try reminding him but when she finally has him 'trained' he will be ready to move on to the next class, lol. I don't think there is much else she can do.

a solution for this problem can only be done if the kid understands what he is taught about the difference in home and school. but i don't think that u will force the child to do so. since he is two years old and the other kids in the class are also about the same age nvm this issue. thats what i think.

I had the same thing with my own daughter. She was in a preschool class next door to me. We had some inclusion with my class. She would come in to see me everyday and she called me "mommy" of course. It was not an issue because we explained to the other kids that I was her mommy. They adapted to us, we didn't need to change anything.

I know where I am from if a Child is related to the teacher in an form the child is not allowed to be in the class due to possible favoritism conflict......In many cases it also helps teach the child more indenpendence to avoid any family member. THe only thing I can suggest is to teach the child that in class "Nani" is called Teacher and that (like a little game) she should only be called Nani at home not in school for it is their secret Name.

I was in the same situation a few years ago. My mom was my daughters teacher for a week and then the preschool decided to move my daughter because they didn't think it was a good idea to have grandma and granddaughter in the same room. It was hard for my mom to actually do her job. She has other kids to take care of. So I think the solution would be move your child to another classroom. I'm surprised this daycare/preschool is allowing it, some are really against it. But you will soon realize that your son and even Nani will both be better off. And I also worked in the same school as my mom and I was with the older kids and once my daughter moved up to my class, I lasted 3 days and then decided it was to hard on me to teach the other kids because my daughter always thought she could get away with things. Can't have favorites in this kind of situation. So I asked if she could be put in the other class or if I could be moved. THey ended up moving me with the 4 year olds and had another teacher take over my class during the time my daughter was there.

I do not like the idea of children calling adults by their first name. I would ask your sister if perhaps they could call her Mrs. Doris or Miss Doris or Mrs. or Miss her last name. Even though it might seem to make her friendlier, children do not need an extra buddy and they would think she is just having fun with them rather than teaching them how to do finger paints and cut outs or learn the alphabet. So go with the title, of Mrs, or Miss along with her first name or her last name. Familiarity breathes contempt was a good saying for a reason.