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Public Washington
Reply To: What to do when parents are late to pick up their child?
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I would most certainly get my Director or Lead teacher involved in this situation, because this would not be something for me to take up as a teacher’s assistant. If I were the Director or Lead Teacher myself, I would think of this from the family’s perspective first. I absolutely know what it’s like to have your hands full with work, or if you have a large family and have a lot of things happening in your personal life. I would want to come across as calm, level-headed and supportive as possible because the only thing I can think of to ask in this situation is to ask if anything is wrong, and if I can better provide help or a solution. I would first want to find out what the cause of her picking her child up so late as often as she has been lately. And whether or not I got an answer, I would suggest potential solutions, such as ‘You seem so busy, maybe instead of yourself coming to pick your child up, maybe someone else can pick up the child?’ I would use the technique of opening up to families’ emotions as well, during this exchange. I would want to make this all about the child and their safety and wellbeing. Not that the child wouldn’t be safe at my facility, but I do believe leaving your child alone at a school for a long time is not as safe as if they were to be picked up before it became too late at night. If I were the Director or Lead Teacher, I would bring up our late-pick up policies and how keeping the child over the designated pick up time affects the child negatively. It’s not fair for the child to have to wait so late, and it very well make them feel scared or uncared for by their parent. After reminding her of the policies,I would offer to help Mrs. Hopkins find a reasonably priced babysitter to come pick her child up and take the child home and stay with them until Mrs. Hopkins could come home. And that is with making the assumption that iMrs. Hopkins’ work really was keeping her from being able to pick her child up in a timely manner.I would most certainly get my Director or Lead teacher involved in this situation, because this would not be something for me to take up as a teacher’s assistant. If I were the Director or Lead Teacher myself, I would think of this from the family’s perspective first. I absolutely know what it’s like to have your hands full with work, or if you have a large family and have a lot of things happening in your personal life. I would want to come across as calm, level-headed and supportive as possible because the only thing I can think of to ask in this situation is to ask if anything is wrong, and if I can better provide help or a solution. I would first want to find out what the cause of her picking her child up so late as often as she has been lately. And whether or not I got an answer, I would suggest potential solutions, such as ‘You seem so busy, maybe instead of yourself coming to pick your child up, maybe someone else can pick up the child?’ I would use the technique of opening up to families’ emotions as well, during this exchange. I would want to make this all about the child and their safety and wellbeing. Not that the child wouldn’t be safe at my facility, but I do believe leaving your child alone at a school for a long time is not as safe as if they were to be picked up before it became too late at night. If I were the Director or Lead Teacher, I would bring up our late-pick up policies and how keeping the child over the designated pick up time affects the child negatively. It’s not fair for the child to have to wait so late, and it very well make them feel scared or uncared for by their parent. After reminding her of the policies, I would offer to help Mrs. Hopkins find a reasonably priced babysitter to come pick her child up and take the child home and stay with them until Mrs. Hopkins could come home. And that is with making the assumption that Mrs. Hopkins’ work really was keeping her from being able to pick her child up in a timely manner.