To think a childminder shouldn't have kids watching films on the telly?

[5footMama]

A childminder in my village says she "sometimes" has a movie afternoon with her charges (age 10m-3yrs) and it's made me doubt whether to send DD (14m)

Is it just me, or should a childminder not be using the TV like that???
I mean, I'm not anti telly and if they were watching a bit of a program about penguins or something because they're learning about penguins,then cool. Bit to just put them in front of the telly for 2hrs when it supposed to be looking after them seems a bit crap. They wouldn't do this in a nursery or anything.

Oh and I don't push mine on the swings until we're about to leave. I haaaate it. They know the rule and learned pretty young how to swing themselves. 😁

@ScotMum156

I just think the iPad and TV card should be for parents to use at home if they choose to not for the childminder - it is their job to look after the kids. Why can’t children play without a screen as downtime? Flick through books, draw, do sensory things. Of course they don’t need structured activities but screens is not the only option for a downtime - they are so bad for the development of attention span as they do everything for the child and offer no open ended play.

This is basically "I can't be arsed to interact with my children so I'll pay someone to take the problem away and plonk them in front of a screen".

Someone said upthread that parents only have a problem with this if they feel guilty for allowing them on screens at home and/or CBA providing their own 'childcare' on their watch and I think this response proves that's right in some cases!

"You’re absolutely correct - it’s lazy and unacceptable to offer screen time as part of childcare."

I once had a child ask for her favourite TV programme in front of an OFSTED inspector during an inspection.
I put it on for her to watch.
The inspector graded me Outstanding at the end of the day, so clearly she didn't think I was unacceptably lazy.

Wow!! I am literally gobsmacked by this post.. so much so I have had to join mumsnet JUST to answer the post! As you guessed I am a CIW registered childminder, post like this make me sooo cross, firstly parents/carers choose childminding for its ‘home from home feel’ they don’t just turn up one day they have numerous visits before signing a contract as us childminders have to be sure that the parent/family are right for us too! Secondly you are very naive to thing a young child will sit for 2 hours, this is hysterical.. you would be lucky if they sat for 10 mins. I work 10 hour days, put my heart and soul into childminding having previously worked teaching in a primary school, I would be very lucky to be able to sit down and eat lunch.. and if I did I would have 3 little ones trying to eat my lunch too.. and this is usually at 3pm! My mindees are never far from my mind when I’m not working, if I’m out family shopping I am always picking things up for the children to enjoy.. are you one of these parents that drop child at childminders or nursery at 7.30 in the morning and collect at 6pm when they are ready for bed??? U can become a weekend parent and moan you are exhausted on a Monday morning to your childminder. Shame on you.. I suspect your little one wouldn’t have a place at the childminders sorry babysitter now anyway.. my little ones love watching a bit of tv but they would never sit longer than 10 mins..even Peppa pig teaches them things.. to all the lovely childminders that may be reading this post.. keep doing what your doing... keep loving your mindees... keep working 10/12 hour days with no ‘rest time’ keep opening your home to children.. keep doing your continuous professional development courses in the evenings and weekends... keep planning wonderful things to do for your mindees.. keep following the foundation phase curriculum or foundation phase.. keep preparing for you full day inspection visits.. keep updating your policies in line with new guidelines.. keep working through covid19 pandemic, as I have since last March, to provide care for critical keyworker children.. despite the risks to your own families... oh and does anyone know a’babysitter’ that does all of this!! If so I think I will retrain and become one.. thanks for reading 😃

U went to all the effort to create an account, type up that essay... But couldn't be bothered to read my replies???

In fairness, it’s a long enough thread.

I don't see a problem with @LP68 's post? She appears to be responding to many posters attitudes, not just to your original question.

@midnightstar66

I don't see a problem with *@LP68* 's post? She appears to be responding to many posters attitudes, not just to your original question.

Me either, she sounds like a lovely childminder! My daughter goes twice a week to a childminder as that what worked best for us! Again, you're not obliged to send your child to this childminder. you went to the effort to start a threat to slag off a childminder that I presume you don't know very well or have any actual experience of how she cares for the children she looks after

And most of the mum's I am friends with in real life, allow their children to watch TV, I imagine it's the same for a lot of mum's on here too it just doesn't often fit with the Mumsnet narrative at all, when you're exhausted, burned out and at the end of your rope, allowing your kids to watch some TV really isn't the end of the world and the extreme opinions and judgements will be going a long way to making some mum's feel like an utter failure!

I actually haven’t had notification of your reply.. please send again

No notification of your reply.. pls send again

What was your reply

@Mulhollandmagoo thank you for your lovely comments, I am not someone that normally would involve myself in threads of this sort but it made me so cross, do you happen to know what her reply was as I can’t find it? Not sure how all this works.. 😂😂

@LP68 she means her replies on the thread. Not a reply to you.

@5footmama what was your reply pls

@OhCaptain. Ahhh I see, I did read them but they just got worse.... 😂

[quote LP68]@OhCaptain. Ahhh I see, I did read them but they just got worse.... 😂[/quote]
My replies got worse?

The replies where I said I was wrong??

@midnightstar66

I don't see a problem with *@LP68* 's post? She appears to be responding to many posters attitudes, not just to your original question.

It certainly feels like she was reply to me only "shame on you" / " I suspect your little one" / "are you one of those parents" / "you are very naive"

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@5footmama you started the original post which I read in the daily Mail.. I am simply giving you a reply from a childminders view.. maybe you should have thought before you started thread..

maybe you should have taken the time to read my replies. Where I would have seen I admitted I was wrong given the replies. The maybe you might not have felt the need to attack me for something that was a mistake...

@MrTumblesSpottyHag

Umm, I have no idea how much tv my kids watched at the CM. And to be frank I didn't/ don't care. They loved her, they enjoyed going and I knew they were safe and loved while I worked. They obviously had termly "reports" to tell me that they were socialising/ mark making/ whatever ofsted decided was important that month but mainly I wanted them to be loved and safe.

My sentiments exactly!