In Singapore, most working mothers send their children to school between the age of 0 to 6 years old. At one time or another, the child might come home with injuries and bruise marks. So what can parents do when injuries are discovered when you bring your child home.
Some of the common scenarios:
Scenarios
What you can do
There is a bruise on my child’s head when I arrive to fetch him home from the centre. The centre staff did not inform me about the bruise.
Speak to the child’s teacher immediately to find out what has happened
Discuss ways to prevent similar incidents from happening
When I ask the teacher what happened, they are unaware what has happened. The morning teacher said the she did not see the bruise and the afternoon teacher said that the bruise was already there when she took over the class.
Raise the concern to the centre supervisor
Request for the centre’s action plan in handling the matter
If situation continues, approach Ministry who will investigate accordingly
My child is bitten by a classmate, and it has occurred more than once.
Raise the concern to the teacher
Request the centre to speak to the classmate’s mother
Discuss situations when the biting usually take place and any way to prevent/minimize such incidents
Suggest to centre to prepare individual plan to help classmate kick of this behavior
