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Am I wrong to be getting upset?

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TomKett · 06/04/2011 09:09

Dropped my children off at nursery today, went into the oldest room (age 3 - school age) and discovered they have a play shop set up. This shop is a pharmacy, and included at least 25 different 'real' drug packets and bottles.

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ElsieR · 06/04/2011 10:55

Yes I can see where you are coming from. Maybe you can mention to the Nursery manager that you find it a bit risky to let children play with medication packages.

dribbleface · 06/04/2011 11:37

Madness in my opinion, I would call nursery manager (am a nursery manager by the way)

TomKett · 06/04/2011 14:41

Thanks for your replies, I also posted this in the 'am I being unreasonable' topic area. Had a lot more comments.

I did mention it to the manager today, will wait and see if action has been taken!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1188327-Is-this-wrong-or-is-it-a-training-aid

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sammich · 10/04/2011 00:08

It is part of using real objects as part of play as long as they have no medication in them any more there is no problem

its a method of play development i dont understand why you are worried and why you want any action taken?

Grabaspoon · 10/04/2011 13:46

I would have no issues - unless there were syringes, medication in them or if there was actual medication - but in this case these are boxes that haven't actually touched the medication.

Although I can see the mixed messages - you don't see children who have had role play hairdressers cutting hair, cooking meals on your oven after role playing restaurants or trying to fix a car after playing in the garage.

Let us know what the manager said though.

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