I will mention specific issues or a general trend I've been seeing--so, things like, "We had a couple of hitting incidents today" or "He's been having a lot of trouble with transitions lately" or "She's been having a hard time after waking up from nap all week." Once I mentioned to a dcm that I'd noticed her son getting more and more attached to his blankie (like, beyond what I thought was a healthy or developmentally normal/appropriate attachment).

I then give the parent a chance to comment or ask for more elaboration, and go on from there. Even when I've had a rough day with a child I *rarely* say so unless there's something I think that the parents need to be dealing with or aware of...'cause honestly some days a child will have a tough time because *I* let our schedule get wonky or *I* didn't do a good enough job handling something, or something like that.

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