Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
As far as treating him special as another previous poster mentioned, I'd tread carefully there as speaking from a parent point of view I went out of my way to never choose a provider that had their own children that were the same age as mine. It can get very complicated and when daycare kids see the providers child being treated special it can create animosity and jealousy towards your child.
I was about to post the same thing.
I also never kept kids my own kids age to prevent it because I worked in a daycare before I had kids and saw how it caused so many issues for the providers kids. I always let my own kids come and go from the playroom to the living room and their bedrooms, freely. No daycare kids were allowed to go into their rooms, though. It was just the best way to prevent issues that I could come up with at the time.
