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To find the first person reports from my 1 year old a bit weird?

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icepole · 11/07/2012 22:02

The nursery my dd goes to is lovely but at the end of the day they hand parents a little report. It had information about what they have eaten and how they slept etc so very useful. However at the bottom of the report they write a paragraph as if written by my daughter saying things like 'I played on the cars, broom, broom!' or 'I had lots of fun on the slide weeeeee!' I find it a bit odd and end up asking about her day anyway.

Do other nurseries do this? I don't get it, it is an adult writing to another adult. I want to know how her day was not how well you can pretend to talk like a one year old or am I missing something?

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JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 12/07/2012 17:07

It's twee, but harmless.

icepole · 12/07/2012 17:07

Also it doesn't upset me that much, I just find it odd and wondered if it happened in other nurseries.

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JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 12/07/2012 17:08

I guess they are trying to convey warmth and care. I personally think it's unecessary

Mrsjay · 12/07/2012 17:10

t's twee, but harmless.

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wrathomum · 12/07/2012 21:43

Can't stand it.

Gentleness · 12/07/2012 23:59

I wouldn't like that - give me simple, terse bullet points over twee any day.

AltruisticEnigma · 13/07/2012 00:17

It's weird actually, if you ask me.

At school they did something similar with me on reports where they would write in third person. I had a report that looked something like this:

*Altruistic decided to talk about some stressful things that were going on outside of school.
*Altruistic stated she was struggling with keeping up to date on her Math homework.
*Miss Fixit offered an alternative

etc etc... I know this is not exactly the same but the tone of it is also a little strange.

It's kinda cute but a bit too squee sometimes.

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