Anger as schools tell parents ‘if your child still wears nappies you have to come in and change them yourselves’
by GDW312
Anger as schools tell parents ‘if your child still wears nappies you have to come in and change them yourselves’
by GDW312
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Unless a child has developmental issues, there’s no way you should be sending them to school in a nappy. Who is this anger from exactly? Neglegent parents and morons?
That’s a great solution.. I’d heard of feckless parents not potty training their children by school age, well done that school for providing the perfectly targeted workaround
It’s another example of teachers being used as a free babysitting service. One person in the article says that his son is toilet trained but has occasional accidents. That has always been an aspect of primary education and is catered for. This is about parents sending children in while still in nappies.
Schools are daycares ahead of being education institutions. *Once you crack that, it all makes sense*.
Anger, are you kidding me? What sort of parent abdicates their responsibility to toilet train their own child and expect a teacher or teaching assistant to change nappies and or toilet train a child. It beggars believe. There will always be an exception when a child has development issues, but other than that, the parents must take responsibility.
No doubt the blame is going to get placed on ‘lazy parents’ and that’s probably true for a percentage.
But it’s never acknowledged that to toilet train a child you have to be there with them.
Increasingly children are in nursery and childcare settings and both parents are at work.
It’s considerably harder to toilet train a toddler if you only see them in the evenings and at weekends.
It’s not a school’s responsibility though so I understand this schools reaction.
My kids school have basically the same rules, except the kids can only stay for three hours and if they soil the nappy before then come get them
Top rage bait from Wales Online.
Unless there are underlying developmental issues, imagine sending a child to school without potty training or being able to use cutlery.
This is the reality too many schoolteachers and assistants have to deal with throughout the UK.
No excuse for lazy, shitty parenting.
As a parent, I support the schools on this one. Unless there is an underlying issue that has been discussed and agreed upon beforehand, then children should be potty trained before going to school.
Entirely reasonable, I think.
I’d actually go further – if a child, which no developmental issues, is wearing anppies, then they are allowed in school.
Absolutely this is a thing, my friend teachers have told me they have kids coming in nappies at the age of 5..crazy!
Potty training is hard but it’s not going away! You’ve got to do it and it’s unfair on schools already they haven’t got time to change a nappy on 30 kids otherwise that’s all they would bloody do and nobody would get taught anything.
Honestly people’s perspective on life really winds me up. Take responsibility and accountability for yourself and stop dumping your shit on others
Don’t even get me started on elf on the shelf!!
Fair. Assuming there’s no developmental issues, Teachers aren’t there to change nappies. You can send your child to a private nursery who’ll change them and still get the 30hrs before compulsory school.
I waited a while with my youngest because she wasn’t ready, we spent about four weeks cramming it in before she started part time nursery.
A lot of Kids still have accidents in school from time to time, just pack them with spare bottoms and some underwear. It’s not a big deal.
It’s all fine. One angry dad in Blaenau Gwent.
where I used to work, we used to have accidents once in a while, so there was a cupboard with spare clothes just in case.
However, all the kids were expected to be toilet trained.
Wife is a teacher in Wales. This is so common I’m not even shocked anymore. Teachers are treated like babysitters and parents do not take any responsibility for their children.
Children will come into school in nappies, haven’t brushed their teeth in days with junk food in their bags for lunch.
It’s a fucking disgrace.
This is at nursery age, so 3-4. Some will have only just turned 3, while others will be nearly 4. Some will be neurodivergent and not yet diagnosed.
My kids both potty trained at 3. We tried to do it earlier but they refused and we’re aiming for minimal trauma here. There didn’t seem much point punishing the whole household when they weren’t ready yet. When they were ready we obviously got straight to it.
One was potty trained before nursery and one a few months into nursery. We were not exactly thrilled to be “those parents” and are grateful for the nursery support with finally getting it done.
I think the school are missing that not all kids are ready at two and this will just cause some parents not to send them in. My kids are both ND but were not diagnosed at that age. If my school had this rule my son probably wouldn’t have been able to attend. Maybe that’s not a bad thing. Many countries start schooling later, we’re perhaps too early in this country.
Do people really do this?? Surely not??
As they should??
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