PARENTAL CONSENT
As a parent and a nursery practitioner, I was interested in Ofsted's involvement in a complaint about the Sunbeams nursery in Leeds not allowing children to sleep (News, 9 July). For me it raised questions on the roles of parents, nurseries and Ofsted (or other government bodies) in bringing up young children.
As a parent, I would expect a nursery to carry out my wishes. However, as a practitioner, if a parent made a request that I thought wasn't in the best interests of the child, I would discuss it with them. For a child, being in nursery all day is different from being at home, and parents may not realise this. So surely this is all about communication?
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