The Importance of Personalized Daycare
Running head: TEMPERAMENTS
The Importance of Personalized Daycare in Relation to the Child and its Temperament
Psyc 200- Childhood and Adolescence
December 3, 2013
Part 1
9/25/13- Session 1 Obervations As I walked through the doors of Pathway Connections, I did not know what to expect. When you are a twenty-two year old female, you are simply supposed to love kids. If you do not then you would be quite blatantly frowned upon by the ever-judging eyes of society. I say this because I have been judged in the past as soon as I say that I do not particularly like kids. It is not that if I saw a little child coming towards me, I would turn my back on him. I think children are adorable, little bundles of joy and nothing short of small miracles. As the youngest child in my family with an unmarried older sister, I have never had a chance to interact with kids and eventually get to love them. They have been children of acquaintances I have had very little time to spend with them and the interaction would generally be contained to some gushing as to how so very cute they were. The moment they were uncomfortable or so much as whimpered, I could just hand them back to their parents before they got difficult. At this point in my life, as harsh as that sounds, I cannot remotely imagine ever raising my own. I would say this is also very typical for a 22 year old to say. We are so busy making our own mistakes, picking ourselves up and living in our self-made bubble that we often forget to step back, take a deep breath and wonder how we got there. And so, when I got to the daycare, I was both excited and nervous to be spending two hours with a bunch of two-year olds. After I was given strict instructions on not interacting with the children, I was walked to the room with eight junior preschoolers. I reached the daycare during the end of nap-time and it was absolutely delightful to witness
The Importance of Personalized Daycare in Relation to the Child and its Temperament
Psyc 200- Childhood and Adolescence
December 3, 2013
Part 1
9/25/13- Session 1 Obervations As I walked through the doors of Pathway Connections, I did not know what to expect. When you are a twenty-two year old female, you are simply supposed to love kids. If you do not then you would be quite blatantly frowned upon by the ever-judging eyes of society. I say this because I have been judged in the past as soon as I say that I do not particularly like kids. It is not that if I saw a little child coming towards me, I would turn my back on him. I think children are adorable, little bundles of joy and nothing short of small miracles. As the youngest child in my family with an unmarried older sister, I have never had a chance to interact with kids and eventually get to love them. They have been children of acquaintances I have had very little time to spend with them and the interaction would generally be contained to some gushing as to how so very cute they were. The moment they were uncomfortable or so much as whimpered, I could just hand them back to their parents before they got difficult. At this point in my life, as harsh as that sounds, I cannot remotely imagine ever raising my own. I would say this is also very typical for a 22 year old to say. We are so busy making our own mistakes, picking ourselves up and living in our self-made bubble that we often forget to step back, take a deep breath and wonder how we got there. And so, when I got to the daycare, I was both excited and nervous to be spending two hours with a bunch of two-year olds. After I was given strict instructions on not interacting with the children, I was walked to the room with eight junior preschoolers. I reached the daycare during the end of nap-time and it was absolutely delightful to witness