How can i stop my impulsive 4 year old daughter from running away from her classroom at school?

Question

I have been called twice so far this year from the school as she has run away from her class room. She understands the safety issues but still continues to do it. I am at a loss as to how to deal with this now.

Answer 1

she might just wants you to be with her. have a little discussion with her.

Answer 2

maybe it's cause she misses you, when i first started school, i would do the same thing, trying to find my mommy. To stop this, my mom got a bunch of pics of family members (i.e. g-ma, g-pa, mom,dad,sis,bro) and taped them to a paper cut-out heart, laminated it, and attached it to my backpack, when i got the urge to run away, i would just go get that, and it made me feel better =)hope this helps, and is wat ur lookin 4!

Answer 3

dont report this like the guy up there said. no offense to the person that said that but i work at taco del mar and it really pisses us off to get complainers that make a little thing into a huge deal. do not do that or the state licensing bureau will hate you. lol.

Anyways, so ur daughter runs away from school? thats not a HUGE problem. its pretty simple to fix. all you need to do is reward ur daughter everytime she stays at school and then show her how much fun it is by meeting new friends at the park or something. she will look forward to meeting people at school and will forget about the need to see you. she will look forward to seeing people at school and at home. organize a system for the rewards. give ur teacher a bag of jolly ranchers or ur daughters favorite candy. whenever she stays, at the end of the day, the teacher will give her a candy piece. i dont recommend this for she will look for rewards in every grade until she  is mature enough to understand that you will not see her for 6 hours and that she is too grown up for rewards. that would be until probably 4th or 5th grade.

hope that helps! =D

Answer 4

send her to school at 5

Answer 5

This first and foremost sounds like an issue with the teacher/school.  Have a talk with them about keeping an eye on her.  She also may not have been ready for school.

Answer 6

Maybe she isnt ready for school, but i dont know your situation. so i would try rewarding her when she stays and give her the reward at like the end of the week that way she has to be good and not run away for that whole week. and if that doesnt work i would try punishing her.

Answer 7

It is not your job to supervise her while she is at school.  This is the school's job. If they cannot contain her, then you MUST find a school that will give proper supervision (and while you're at it report this one to the state licensing bureau)

Answer 8

As she is only 4 years old I am assuming this is preschool.  While I would be concerned for my child's safety I would also be concerned about the teachers capabilities.  If she has managed to lose a child twiced during the school year, the children are not being supervised correctly. Talk to your daughter and try to find out if there is a reason for it.  Like is someone upsetting her or does she just not like to be there.  She may just not be ready for school either.

Answer 9

The TEACHER needs to TEACH her to not even touch the door. Seriously, if they can't keep her in the room and can't keep her safe, then you should find her another school.

Answer 10

the teacher should be keeping an eye on her.

if shes worried about you not coming back assure her that you'll be back in a little while. you could even call the school and speak to her for a minute. she'll grow to love school especially since she's so young.

Answer 11

She shouldn't even be able to run away in the first place.

I would ask the teacher to make sure the classroom is a safe place for the children she is teaching. There should be a second handle on the outside door which is at a height too high for four year olds to reach.

Answer 12

well the teacher's should be able to come up with something lock the class room door send her to the principle and sometimes that will work alone most kids don't want to see the principle my kids don't even though she just talks to them sternly or takes recess away if all else fails ask the pediatrician they should have some ideas