A parent handbook is very important to a childcare facility. This sets all the ground-rules for parents as they are enrolling their children in your center. Sometimes I feel as you encounter different situations in childcare, your handbook should be revised and edited to cover all encounters you may have.
One policy that I have had to revise is children bringing electronic devices into the center. Over the past two years alomost 90 percent of this children ages 5 to 12 has some type of electronic device such as an Ipod, DS, Gameboy, etc. We allowed these in our center with understanding from the parent that we are not responsible for lost, stolen, or broken items brought from home. A new rule was added stating that such devices are allowed to be brought and played AFTER 3:30 on school days, and set times during the day in the summer months and days free of public school. We have to adapt and change as society and technology changes around us. Revising and editing a handbook is a constant job.
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