Originally Posted by StacyMendez:
Were you trained at all? If yes, how long after were you on your own? Early Childhood Education should be about that - education of the young child. It sounds like you are babysitting. Was this going to be your career or was this going to be a job for a while? You may want to ask yourself why they are so understaffed that a sick employee cannot be out. You would think that they would want a sick employee to be out.
Not everyone entered this field to educate young children. That is a new construct that was forced upon childcare providers.
Some of us even entered this field to care for medically fragile children while their parents work.
Many see no reason to educate young children as they will have the majority of their lives to be dictated to by educators. It is a pendulum swing. If you stay in this field long enough you will see it swing right back to letting young children play and providing excellent
CARE.
Care is what is missing right now. Nutrition, rest, exercise, freedom to explore naturally, stability in caregivers and social & emotional connections. That is what young children need.