Tip for parents who are putting their kid(s) into daycare for the first time: write their name on EVERYTHING.

And yes, I mean everything. Every sock, every shoe, every article of clothing, every container in their lunchbox, and if they’re going to a daycare with water sports, PLEASE label their towels.I worked in daycare with children aged 2-4, and they lost a lot of their shit. A lot of the time when we’d find a lost item and would ask the class who’s it is, we’d be met with fifteen little blank stares.You have no idea how many complaints we’d get from parents every week telling us that their kids don’t have all of their stuff that they came in with, but what they don’t do is label it. We’ve got lots of kids and we can’t memorize every individual’s whole wardrobe, and we can’t tell which Tupperware came from which lunchbox.But we can read! via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2EYrv9u