This is the second night in a row when I am unable to sleep and the thoughts of what would happen to my kid is making me anxious and causing me great mental stress and is also affecting my performance at work.
I paid so much for this day care and not picked some random home care because I wanted to make sure the place where i send my kid to is secure, safe, and nurturing. I keep getting this emails about what other day cares are in the area and how CCLC will waive my notice fee etc. Does anyone take in account how much time it takes to call a place, schedule a visit, put your child on a wait list, and then go on a tour. I am left at the mercy of other people to try to somehow accommodate me and my kid in their system. It seems I almost have no choice - either I accept what ever I am offered or risk my job. All the wonderful things that we talk about in child development about kids environment, their development requirements, their sensitivities are suddenly out of window.
My son also goes to Bing for 2 half days and during my first tour at Bing long time back I was told about the design philosophy of how the creator of Bing looked everything from kids perspective in creating the yards, planting the trees, class room lay outs etc. Ironically Bing is run by Stanford too. And now suddenly another association at Stanford is kind of telling me that it is so easy to relocate everything and move kids back and forth. Whether the kids can express themselves or not they are much more sensitive than adults. How this is going to affect their psychology? Has anyone thought about this?
Another question if something happens to my mental state, or my job, or to my kid who is going to be responsible?
I called worklife office at Stanford and they have been understanding and also apologized to me but it is not about apology and it is not directed at one person but at the system who decided to take every child and their family so for granted in this whole process. I am not looking for an apology as that does not solve anything for me. I need resolution - A resolution that satisfies my constraints.