Dear Parent,
This is my statement of discipline. I want you to know that I work with the parents of the
children in my care to determine the cause of misbehavior and deal with behavior positively. My
philosophy is that discipline should be used to teach children. I achieve this through love,
consistency, fairness and firmness. I focus on teaching children how to interact socially and
continually reinforce the limits in my home. The rules are posted and explained to the children
on a regular basis.
I expect children in my home to respect others, the environment and themselves. Hitting,
kicking, spitting, hostile verbal behavior and other behaviors which will hurt another child are
not permitted. Each child will be dealt with individually. Consequences will occur immediately
after the behavior. Please keep in mind that there will be disagreements between children.
Young children, who are not adept at communication, have a hard time expressing their
feelings. Sometimes they hit or throw toys or show their emotions in other hurtful ways.
Although teaching children appropriate behavior is what I will be doing, remember that this
behavior is normal in most cases.
The following methods of discipline will be used:
• Encourage children to solve problems themselves
• Intervention and discussion
• Re-direction to another play area
• Loss of privileges
• Time out
Physical punishment will not ever be used, even if requested by the parent.
Another side note: As a licensed home care provider, I have a responsibility by law to recognize
and report any evidence of child abuse-physical, emotional or neglect.
As a parent, I ask you not to punish your child at home for misbehavior shown while in my
care. Please trust that I will handle the matter at my home. I will keep you posted on all
happenings that we are involved in at my home. If I am experiencing behavior difficulties with
your child, I will let you know as soon as possible. I hope that together we can create a behavior
management strategy which will control the behavior. It is best for the child if we both try to
handle discipline in the same way and have continuity in discipline between our homes.
If your child continually misbehaves, I will call you and discuss the difficulty by phone or we
will make an appointment to discuss it. I will not discuss problems in front of your child or
other children. In those instances when a behavior is very disruptive or harmful to the child or
other children, I will discuss the issue with you. If an intervention can be made and will
warrant success, the child can remain enrolled. If you will not seek appropriate assistance or we
cannot effectively meet the needs of your child, you will be asked to make other child care
arrangements. I will assist you to the best of my ability to help find other arrangements.
I believe it is best to communicate my policies before I begin caring for your child. I will do
everything in my power to care for your child in the way that every child deserves to be cared for.
Thank you in advanced for your cooperation,
Shelly Hall
This is my statement of discipline. I want you to know that I work with the parents of the
children in my care to determine the cause of misbehavior and deal with behavior positively. My
philosophy is that discipline should be used to teach children. I achieve this through love,
consistency, fairness and firmness. I focus on teaching children how to interact socially and
continually reinforce the limits in my home. The rules are posted and explained to the children
on a regular basis.
I expect children in my home to respect others, the environment and themselves. Hitting,
kicking, spitting, hostile verbal behavior and other behaviors which will hurt another child are
not permitted. Each child will be dealt with individually. Consequences will occur immediately
after the behavior. Please keep in mind that there will be disagreements between children.
Young children, who are not adept at communication, have a hard time expressing their
feelings. Sometimes they hit or throw toys or show their emotions in other hurtful ways.
Although teaching children appropriate behavior is what I will be doing, remember that this
behavior is normal in most cases.
The following methods of discipline will be used:
• Encourage children to solve problems themselves
• Intervention and discussion
• Re-direction to another play area
• Loss of privileges
• Time out
Physical punishment will not ever be used, even if requested by the parent.
Another side note: As a licensed home care provider, I have a responsibility by law to recognize
and report any evidence of child abuse-physical, emotional or neglect.
As a parent, I ask you not to punish your child at home for misbehavior shown while in my
care. Please trust that I will handle the matter at my home. I will keep you posted on all
happenings that we are involved in at my home. If I am experiencing behavior difficulties with
your child, I will let you know as soon as possible. I hope that together we can create a behavior
management strategy which will control the behavior. It is best for the child if we both try to
handle discipline in the same way and have continuity in discipline between our homes.
If your child continually misbehaves, I will call you and discuss the difficulty by phone or we
will make an appointment to discuss it. I will not discuss problems in front of your child or
other children. In those instances when a behavior is very disruptive or harmful to the child or
other children, I will discuss the issue with you. If an intervention can be made and will
warrant success, the child can remain enrolled. If you will not seek appropriate assistance or we
cannot effectively meet the needs of your child, you will be asked to make other child care
arrangements. I will assist you to the best of my ability to help find other arrangements.
I believe it is best to communicate my policies before I begin caring for your child. I will do
everything in my power to care for your child in the way that every child deserves to be cared for.
Thank you in advanced for your cooperation,
Shelly Hall
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