Thank you for your comments Heidi you are right, we are challenging parents more and more aren't we?
I will follow up on asking parents to bring in photos or works of art from home and push the email option a little more. I think that might be a way forward.
I like the way you focus on positives Ruth! It can be hard, particularly as we work on our own, for childminders to see past the negative at times.
But yes you are right, for every family who reject there is another who welcome feedback or maybe offers information about their child.
I am generally very positive and upbeat - I love my work so much!! I think it's just having that blooming LJ sat completed on the shelf and knowing it will never carry a parent comment. I must add a carefully worded note from mum and then file it over the weekend so I'm not looking at it any more and move on.
Thank you guys
