Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
I have seen this cycle in many centers over the years. That is why many states are doing away with confinement equipment. They must. It affects children's longterm development.
I agree with this
But by the same token, so many kids now know only how to sit and look at a screen of some sort. Magnatiles turn into computers. Flexi-blocks turn into cell phones. I have dcb1 whom I have a small High Chair/toddler chair that is low to the ground and I had to move it out because he was always sitting in it trying to buckle it. It's all they know. I literally would move him across the room and he would go back to that chair. I know family child care is group care, but that is becoming more challenging as these kids are independent/non-noticing-of-others-around-them.
Technology of some sort is becoming a "culture" now and I'm not sure the state implementing rules to counter will change the "culture". Just my opinions!
