Negative nursery posts

My son goes to childminder as I couldn’t find a nursery that was flexible and for as much as maybe at times I would expect different activities to be carried out, my son has made incredible progress in how he approaches other kids and his ability to communicate. I believe it actually does do good to children to go and see their peers. We can always argue that we’d expect different things but I guess it’s the result that counts and atm my experience can only be positive🥰

I'm exactly the same and my son doesn't go until next year 😔

My daughter absolutely loves nursery. She is now 21 months old and has been going since she was 8 months old. The progress she makes is amazing, and she gets to experience so many new things. The staff are all so caring and attentive. I love seeing how happy she is there and how much fun she has. I don't know anyone who has had a negative experience with nursery. In my opinion it is such a good experience for them and helps them learn so many skills. It is difficult at first when you have to leave them but once you see they enjoy it, it gets easier and if your nursery uses an app, you'll get updates throughout the day so can see what they're doing.

I second what @Vicky said. My son has gone to nursery since 9months old and he's now almost 2.5. He absolutely loves it. Arrives happy and leaves full of smiles and stories of his day. They spend loooads of time outside and the play area is amazing. The staff all know him and he's really learnt so much more than I feel I'd have been able to give him if he stayed home with me. You will know if your child isn't happy somewhere, babies and toddlers don't know how to lie 😆

Seconded with my kids loving nursery so much. They've been going since 11 months. Made best friends, new adult connections, and they have so much fun!

My son went to nursery and I have no negative experiences of it. The only issue I had was they had early years visit him which was fine but o thought it was to do with speech when they should have said they had concerns with autism as well.

People only complain about things going wrong. Praising how good your nursery is doesn't make the news interesting. Ours absolutely loves hers and has developed immensely since going

Our nursery has been amazing! My daughter has done so well with her development and social skills. She started going at 10 months and is now starting school in September. We’re sending our second to the same nursery and she starts in January. The staff are amazing and so caring, she’s tried so many new and different foods that I wouldn’t think to offer at home. She was a Covid baby and so I was worried how she would do with the separation and being with so many other children but the staff made the transition really easy. She’s sad to be leaving her friends and teachers as she loved going so much.

Ive always worked in nurseries and I can say 90% of the people I worked with were great with the children and loved them. You rarely work alone in a nursery from my experience, so if god forbid something did happen, there would be someone else in the room to help/ witness, plus other members of staff in other rooms/ offices. The only reason you hear horror stories is because they’re “juicy”. Someone posting about how much their child loves nursery wouldn’t get attention or have everyone talking about it. I would imagine incidents themselves are actually quite rare. I’ve worked in nurseries since I left school and I’ve never witnessed anything awful. The worst ive seen is a child choke, but my colleague dealt with that very quickly.

My two both love nursery! My eldest starts school in a few weeks and he'll be super sad to leave his lovely key worker ❤️

You need to unfollow the people who are posting that on social media as it isn’t helping you. The vast majority of children do really well at nursery and you’ll no doubt have chosen a nursery you’re happy with so trust your gut!

I have worked in nurseries for 14 years, later years in management and running the preschool. In 14 years and 5 different nurseries I have only had to ever make 2 reports about staff. 1 of which was sorted and turnt out to be a misunderstanding. I still regularly speak to families of children I looked after 14 years ago when I was an apprentice and if I’m ever back in the town I use to work in I sometimes hear “EMILIEEEEEE!!” And turn around to find my old kiddos running towards me! I have and so have 99.9% of the staff I’ve worked with adored every single child in my care and treated them like my own! Honestly the tears I use to cry at the end of the year when my preschoolers use to go off to school, it would break my heart! Nursery is normally an incredibly fun place to be, full of cuddles and laughter and mess!

My son thrived in nursery! He had to go before one and stayed right up until school. He adjusted to school really well. He still talks about his friends from there from time to time. They could give him so much more than I could at home and he was ready and I HAD to work. Try to block out the negativity because it's not your nursery and failing that not your child. School (even though he's a July baby) said how happy, socialised, chilled and ahead he was compared to others. I think it's very much mindset and how much you interact and do with him when not in nursery. How your attachment is and what you do when not at work/nursery too. It's hard, but it's not all horror stories x

Dangerous for children 🤣 Bro LIFE is dangerous for children.

@Kady comments like this only heighten anxiety for Mum's like me and maybe the original post writer. Please be kind

@Lauren okay firstly you misinterpreted my comment. I was saying.. this is ridiculous. Life in itself is full of things.. that actually are bad for kids not based on opinion, just factually. In everything we do as Mums.. theres fear mongering. As if we dont have enough guilt as it is people are telling us nurseries are bad!? Wtf. That was where i was coming from. A point of "dont be so silly." Not "be scared of everything". So you be kind 🤣 instead of assuming the negative and thinking ur assumption is BANG ON. Why not say "what do you mean by this?".

I work at a nursery and they are not bad at all don’t worry. They are educating, fun and a happy place for children. I mean at my nursery we give lots of cuddles, love and create happy memories with the children. If you have found a good nursery that you trust then I’m sure you little one will love it x