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I've been asked on a number of occasions about privacy, and about how to provide private areas in group child care facilities. One correspondent said, "As adults, we have the option and opportunities to get away for a few minutes - in a staff lounge, in the restroom, or even just going outside for a few minutes on our break. Children do not have this option."In a child care center I visited recently, a three year old girl was sitting quietly on the edge of her cubby, away from the action. I walked quietly around her, and in the next moment was astonished to see one of the staff members shoo her into the main room. I didn't see and don't know the full context, but it sure didn't feel like respect for what might have been the child's need for privacy.
The Importance of Privacy
It can be stressful for a child to be in a group with other children who are equally bright, inventive, sometimes mischievous, demanding, and socially immature. Stress takes its toll. At home, children as young as three will ask to go to their rooms and play alone for awhile. We hear them, we know if the Duplo ...