Hi,
I work in early years and have been thinking over how to manage the return to school.
If a child is crying and upset or won't come into school I would be prepared to comfort them but I worry that parents might frown on staff still doing this as if the staff member had Coronavirus they could pass it to the child.
Are we in a catch 22 where staff would be happy to provide physical contact to comfort children but are scared to do so because they think parents will be unhappy with it.
Then on other threads parents have said they're worried their child won't be comforted by staff because of social distancing, but then aren't saying this to staff because they feel like it's putting pressure on them to put themselves at risk.
What are your thoughts on this when going back?
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EYFS comforting children when back to school
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Lockdown12 · 24/05/2020 08:51
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