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Discussing Issues with Your Provider
There are bound to be certain topics or situations that arise that will be
difficult to talk about with your child's provider or teachers. If you can
develop an open, honest way of communicating with one another, it will be easier
to discuss issues as they arise. Issues may include sick time, behavioral
issues, expectations, changes that may occur at the program that affect your
child, or dissatisfaction with the care your child receives.
Things to Consider when Discussing Difficult Issues:
 | Raise issues when they first develop. Waiting and putting off a
discussion usually just makes it harder to bring up later, or you may end
up not talking it over and building up resentment towards your caregiver. |
| Avoid confronting your caregiver in front of other parents or children.
Try to set a private time to speak, preferably in person, or over the
phone. |
| Think about the issues that you want to discuss ahead of time, and
practice how you want to say things out loud to your partner or even to
yourself in a mirror. |
| Never discuss a problem when you are feeling angry or not in control of
your emotions. |
| Be specific about what your issues are; give examples of things that
have happened, or things you have observed. |
| Remember that conflicts are normal, and problems can usually be resolved
when both parties are willing to see each other's perspectives, and
compromise where they can. |
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Denver Association of Family Child Care
