You have been caring for four year old Jamie for the past six months. While
Jamie is a great kid, when things don’t go his way he gets really angry. He throws
things and can be destructive. It’s getting to the point that you feel like you
ignoring the other children while trying to handle Jamie. You have been trying to
be consistent in your discipline of Jamie, but you’re starting to wonder if you
should ask his parents to find another childcare setting for him.
Answer the following questions for each of the dilemmas.
a. When you read the dilemma, what was your first thought?
b. What do you think is the main concern, issue or problem in each scenario?
c. If you were the caregiver in each situation, what would you do?
d. How do you think the parents would react to your solution?
e. Did you consider the parents point of view? Why or why not?
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