Working with own children ?

[Ruthierhyme]

Have you or staff found it hard or beneficial to work with their own children/grandchildren attending the same Pre school?

Were any special requirements ever put in place eg. days re arranged or had requests for more flexible working start time - allowing for children to come to work with parents ... or not !?

when i started my son attended with me and it was a real knightmare, he wanted my attention all the time. so i then started working sessions that he didnt attend and my mum had him. we have also had other members of staff who just play with thier own children!

we now have a policy in place that staff children can attend, but they go into a diffrerent hall as we run 2 rooms at the same . this works well.

[busybee]

i found it very difficuly working with my own children, I started working in afterschool club when started my nvq, but i moved from there as it clashed with childrens meal times etc and moved into the preschool as a volunteer where both my children attend it didnt work as i felt obviously responsible for them even though i paid full price for them to be there, no concessions, and i think other staff were afraid to say anything to them or take responsibility of them as their mother was there, it was all a bit awkward so now i have moved settings, much better as i can concentrate on my job, and also staff at the preschool can treat my children the way in which they treat all the other children.

[sarahnev707]

I do a lot of voluntary work in my local school (teacher currently minding) and have never been allowed to work in the same class as my own children - always with others which I've always been very happy about -

it saves either of mine using me cos I'm there and their friends can't take advantage of the fact that yesterday I was upside down playing twister with them!

Sarahx

depends on the child, i worked with mine years ago with no problems, he took no notice of me and all treated him the same as other children, have also worked with others who had children with them . we had an agreement in place that another person would deal with disputes and if necessary parent would leave room to do something elsewhere so we could. Some children could cope others not so it was always very flexible.

[Narnia]

same here, i took all of mine with me, without problems, and now my grandaughter attends and she barely notices me!