Infant/Toddler Focus Group

05/31/2011

Unmanaged change is almost always a trigger to bad morale.
Jerry Parr, early childhood leader and consultant

In his Exchange article, "Places for Babies: Infants and Toddlers in Groups," which is included in the new Exchange Essentials digital collection, Caring for Infants and Toddlers, Jim Greenman created this focus group at an infant-toddler center:

"This place is great,” gurgled 9-month-old Rebecca. “I get to sleep when I want, eat when I want, and every time I’m cranky Bobby Jo picks me up and holds me tight, sings to me, and I know that I am the most important person in the world to her.”

“Yeah,” agreed 14-month-old Denise. “I can spend my day climbing around and getting into this and that and nobody jumps on me. I do love to lie on the couch and nurse my bottle. But, Rebecca, you are wrong, Bobby Jo loves me best.”

Two-year-old James shoved a cookie in his mouth and mumbled, “I like knocking things down. I like to push things. In fact, I’d like to push down Joe. I also like to dump things out and to bite things (where did Joe go, anyhow?). I don’t like always being told 'no,' I thought they gave me a new name for awhile — Nojames.”

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