…when they have a cast or sling on to heal a fractured elbow? I have no issues cancelling work for the child, but I still wanted to know if nurseries still accepted children to come to school.
Honestly, why don’t you ask the kindergarten or school in question?
You would have to talk to the school as each are run independently and often have different rules. My first 2 kids went to one school and my 3rd went to a different school – each had very different rules on what was allowed in various areas and I do recall seeing kids with casts/slings/crutches at both, but the second school had very strict rules on the kids needing to be able to tend to themselves in the bathroom.
Big thing will probably be instructions on what is/isn’t allowed (can it get wet, can the sling be removed even temporarily, can the child go to the bathroom on their own, etc), but talk to the school to see.
In some cases, yes.
In other cases, no.
Contact the nursery. This is case by case. I’ve seen kids with limbs in casts there. But this is a question of how much care and attention the staff need to give the kid in question and how capable they are of taking on the extra responsibility. Nurseries are often understaffed and they may not be able to shoulder the responsibility. It will probably be a hybrid thing where your kid would need to be at home under your care for a couple of weeks so the bone can heal a bit before you can drop them back off again.
Ask the doctor when he can go back. Tell hoikuen when doctor says he will be back. Tell them he has a cast. I wouldn’t ask. Just tell. Mine went with casts or bandages and you see a few kids with casts. If they can go to the toilet and feed themselves…
From what I understand they CAN go, but the facility is not under any obligation to take the child if they think it could lead to further injury. I have seen many cases in the past go either way depending on how the facility felt about it. It boils down to most facilities not having the resources to care for children who require injury support. Such facilities do exist and they refer to it as byouji-hoiku.
This is an abraisive solution, so use at own risk if you can’t take time off work: If the nursery refuses, make sure you have voice recordings for insurance, then take it up with your city council. You can either make the case that your child is not at risk of further injury by attending daycare so they contact the school, or they can see if there are any facilities that could accomodate.
It depends on the school. You really need to ask them. My child went to two different houikuen. The first one was severely anal retentive about the rules. In fact they’d do things like have a set of rules around returning after a sickness which were more restrictive than what the doctor ordered (this is pre-COVID, btw) and they were crazy about being exactly on time for the drop off (not more than 5 minutes before, nor 5 minutes after or we may not take your child even though you are dressed in a suit and clearly have to get to work).
The second one which was a chain called nijiiro was way more relaxed. The rules were still familiar but the enforcement was far less.
Seriously, have people here never heard of a phone before? The amount of questions on here that will never get a decisive answer unless you pick up a phone and call them is something else these days.
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Honestly, why don’t you ask the kindergarten or school in question?
You would have to talk to the school as each are run independently and often have different rules. My first 2 kids went to one school and my 3rd went to a different school – each had very different rules on what was allowed in various areas and I do recall seeing kids with casts/slings/crutches at both, but the second school had very strict rules on the kids needing to be able to tend to themselves in the bathroom.
Big thing will probably be instructions on what is/isn’t allowed (can it get wet, can the sling be removed even temporarily, can the child go to the bathroom on their own, etc), but talk to the school to see.
In some cases, yes.
In other cases, no.
Contact the nursery. This is case by case. I’ve seen kids with limbs in casts there. But this is a question of how much care and attention the staff need to give the kid in question and how capable they are of taking on the extra responsibility. Nurseries are often understaffed and they may not be able to shoulder the responsibility. It will probably be a hybrid thing where your kid would need to be at home under your care for a couple of weeks so the bone can heal a bit before you can drop them back off again.
Ask the doctor when he can go back. Tell hoikuen when doctor says he will be back. Tell them he has a cast. I wouldn’t ask. Just tell. Mine went with casts or bandages and you see a few kids with casts. If they can go to the toilet and feed themselves…
From what I understand they CAN go, but the facility is not under any obligation to take the child if they think it could lead to further injury. I have seen many cases in the past go either way depending on how the facility felt about it.
It boils down to most facilities not having the resources to care for children who require injury support.
Such facilities do exist and they refer to it as byouji-hoiku.
This is an abraisive solution, so use at own risk if you can’t take time off work:
If the nursery refuses, make sure you have voice recordings for insurance, then take it up with your city council. You can either make the case that your child is not at risk of further injury by attending daycare so they contact the school, or they can see if there are any facilities that could accomodate.
It depends on the school. You really need to ask them. My child went to two different houikuen. The first one was severely anal retentive about the rules. In fact they’d do things like have a set of rules around returning after a sickness which were more restrictive than what the doctor ordered (this is pre-COVID, btw) and they were crazy about being exactly on time for the drop off (not more than 5 minutes before, nor 5 minutes after or we may not take your child even though you are dressed in a suit and clearly have to get to work).
The second one which was a chain called nijiiro was way more relaxed. The rules were still familiar but the enforcement was far less.
Seriously, have people here never heard of a phone before? The amount of questions on here that will never get a decisive answer unless you pick up a phone and call them is something else these days.