Tricky one - something a parent has asked me nnot to do

[ACMDowding]

"please don't let my son play with the buggy"
"I don't appreciate sitting in my living room and seeing him wwalking down the street pushing a buggy with a doll in it"
"I'd appreciate if you could hide it away"

Answers on a postcard please.
Seriously though, what do I say? I said initially that I had toys for all ages and genders and that I didn't make a child play with any toy, they choose what ones to play with. that's when he said the above comments.

Reality and Bluddy, really cheered me up.

This is an equality of opportunity issue. We must promote equality of opportunity within our setting. Treating each child as an indivdual and with equal concern and giving each child equal chances to learn and develop.

You must explain to the parent that you understand where they are coming from but as a cm we must provide a range of toys for all children, regardless of sex, to play with. It is up to the child which toys they choose to play with and that is a choice that I (you) cannot take away from him. I also cannot hide the pram as it is out for other children to play with.

Maidbloke that is totally the wrong thing to say and do lol

I have 3 boys who have all played with pushchairs at some time or another. I agree with pollywolly you can't put the pushchair away. Stick to your guns, it's times like this when cm's are actually glad for Ofsted and their zillions of rules and policies.

And I wouldn't take maidblokes advice either. If this boys parents decided to remove him because of it, I'd let them. Sad for the child and loss of money for you but they can't dictate to you over something as trivial as this!

always wonder at demands like that. fdoes it meanthat the dad would never push his son in a pushcair either because it looks too feminine?

I would not do as he request on the ground that you are also minding other children who are "allowed" to play with the pushchair and hiding it would deprive them of part of their fun at yours. You could advise him to tell his son himself that he should not play with the pushchair if he is so convinced his son shouldn't but do not remove it. I wouldn't anyway.

Take a snap of him dressed as a fairy and put

"I hid the buggy so he need another outlet for his latent homosexuality" on the back....

Seriously...SOME PARENTS MAKE ME SO MAD! Poor little boy.