Comments on: Policy Question: Lap Sitting http://www.childrensministryonline.com/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:56:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://www.childrensministryonline.com/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-464 James Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:23:45 +0000 http://www.childrensministryonline.com/blog/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/#comment-464 A comment on enforcing. Let your parents and teachers know in the same room... I've found that parents provide the accountability that peer-pressure from other volunteers doesn't! :) A comment on enforcing.

Let your parents and teachers know in the same room… I’ve found that parents provide the accountability that peer-pressure from other volunteers doesn’t! :)

]]> By: James http://www.childrensministryonline.com/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-463 James Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:22:30 +0000 http://www.childrensministryonline.com/blog/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/#comment-463 We have no lap sitting for all students. Prechool or Elementary. We also ban hand-holding except with purpose (leading a child on stairs or who is 'young' and would wander away). I can see no purpose at all for any child to sit in anyone's lap... or another child's for that matter. :) We have no lap sitting for all students. Prechool or Elementary. We also ban hand-holding except with purpose (leading a child on stairs or who is ‘young’ and would wander away).

I can see no purpose at all for any child to sit in anyone’s lap… or another child’s for that matter. :)

]]> By: jonathan http://www.childrensministryonline.com/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/comment-page-1/#comment-462 jonathan Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:03:14 +0000 http://www.childrensministryonline.com/blog/early-childhood/policy-question-lap-sitting/#comment-462 We have an unenforced NO-lap sitting policy for preschoolers. What makes this hard to enforce is knowing that perception is not always reality. For instance, I have some teachers that know my 3 year old well, and seeing her on their lap wouldn't bother me; but others I don't know and that would bother me. I have done the "appropriate touch" training with these teachers, but it's nearly impossible to enforce things like no-lap sitting. We have an unenforced NO-lap sitting policy for preschoolers. What makes this hard to enforce is knowing that perception is not always reality. For instance, I have some teachers that know my 3 year old well, and seeing her on their lap wouldn’t bother me; but others I don’t know and that would bother me.

I have done the “appropriate touch” training with these teachers, but it’s nearly impossible to enforce things like no-lap sitting.

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