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OK C has never really been with anyone other than family members, but starting in two weeks I have to find a day care for her to go to while I am at work. Our current child care (my step-daughter) has given her two weeks notice because she says C will not listen to her and she can't handle it any more. I admit that C is becoming worse and worse about listening and refusing to do what she is told and I also have a strong feeling she picked up this behavior from the baby sitter's daughter, but of course the other child could do no wrong and it is all C. ANYWAY :D, C does really, really good on Sunday morning and Wednesday night when she goes to church and has structured activities. My question is, do I need to worry about her behavior at day care or will she behave as well as she does at church? I know there will be some adjustment to the new situation, but I am afraid this might be a long term thing and I do not want her to be the child who gets kicked out of day care.
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As a person who once worked in daycare, I would think it all depends on the teacher/provider. If C's behavior is a response to the baby-sitter (or daughter), it'd probably be taken care of with a different person. If baby-sitter is ineffective and C has realized this, C's going to figure that out and walk all over baby-sitter. I've seen this with my nephew (who is generally just an all around good kid). He walks all over my mother-in-law because she is ineffective in disciplining/directing him, whereas I don't tend to have much trouble when I'm watching him. So it could very well be a case of C having figured out the situation with the baby-sitter (either something the baby-sitter is/isn't doing or from watching baby-sitter's daughter manipulate her mom). And, while the baby-sitter can say she can't take it anymore, a daycare would be more likely to work with you on potential problems. I would say when checking out potential daycares to see how they handle problem behaviors. Gah! I hope something in there made sense! Good luck!
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