My son's preschool are being strict with me for anything I request.?

Question

My son's preschool staff thinks I take the preschool for granted.?Please help me assure them that I respect the preschool as well as the staff and I do not take them for granted...On tuesday and friday he has afternoon sessions every week and rest other days he goes in the morning.This is since last december..Sometimes due to some reason or other I used to send him in morning for afternoon session or vice versa..May be that could be the reason...But I used to always take their permission before doing so..Not sure..I want to communicate by talking to them that I do not take them for granted..Help please..

Answer 1

You ask their permission to bring your child into or take your child out of preschool?  You are the parent.   You do what is right for YOU.  If they are being rude then it is time to look for another preschool.

Answer 2

You don't say what leads you to believe that they think you are ungrateful towards your son's daycare and staff members.  I work well with most parents--the ones who make my life difficult are the ones who have unreasonable requests.  Things like "change little Johnny's shoes before he goes outside" when I have 15 children to worry about, or "make sure nobody bother little Mikey" when Mikey is the one who is aggressive toward my other children.  If a parent asks for lots of extra accommodations, especially when I've already explained why it can't happen and they KEEP asking ("why won't you use lined paper to teach my son all his letters?") I do feel some resentment toward the parent.

  Since most preschool teachers are not thanked for much, even a little gesture can mean A LOT.  Buy a "thanks for all you do" card, write a brief note in it.  Ask your son to relate one of his favorite things about school and include that in the note, too.  You could bring in a box of doughnuts or munchkins for the staff, or make some cookies.  You could offer to volunteer at story time, or art time.

Answer 3

My son's preschool specifically disallowed this, if you wanted to do it and they had space they charged you for the extra session but did not refund for the one that you missed. So you are very lucky that  they ever allowed it at all. I guess you did it too much.

Answer 4

This is like working in retail.  YOU must remember the schedule or you can lose the opportunity to be there.  It is hard, but true, especially when it changes.

Answer 5

don't worry about it man. think about your son. your just doing whats best for him. the staff, if there mad they shoudln't be working there because it is not that big of  a deal. stop worrying so much

Answer 6

I'm not sure I 100% understand your question, but from a teacher's standpoint I would have to say, that it would benefit your son much more, if you would stick to a routine and not change it around. It's not only disruptive for him, but for the classes as well. Pre-school children thrive on routine.

Answer 7

The problem with this may be that they make the schedule for staff based on who is supposed to be there so that they stay in ratio, so if you show up with your son at a day/time he wasn't supposed to be there they have to find someone to help cover the room or whatever. They'd probably appreciate the heads up if you are coming when you usually don't.