The observation by Anne Stonehouse encouraging early child care professionals and parents to see things from the others' point of view is a very important one. As I observe in my book (see above), "Most parents love their children and are totally committed to their welfare. And they want to do the right thing at all times. That's why it's so important for the child care center to have a close relationship with the parents of the children they see every day. And that relationship must be a relationship among equals, not one where the parent looks down at the child care provider as just a babysitter who can be told what to do. Or not one in which the child care provider adopts an attitude of 'we've had courses on children so we know how to raise your child.'... The lesson here is a vital one for any successful early child care program. A relationship of mutual respect and cooperation between parents and the child care center and its professional staff is essential for the program to work."

Your parenting package sounds very interesting and would be very effective to bring into my teaching. I am presently teaching a course in Early Childhood education. it is focused on the communication between the parents and the caregiver. it would be very benficial to have a copy of your package to show my students the parents perspective.