Would this bother you? Slightly weird breastfeeding question.

Indie_Kid

geri1965 wrote: »

14 seems a bit young to be doing a BTEC in child care. My niece is doing it at college and she is 16.

There's entry level child care courses you can do.

lauren_1

I think she is doing the child development GCSE, it really is not that in depth tbh. It barely covers the obvious.

narabanekeater

Geri you took the words out of my mouth

tiamai_d

Actually I could see my own Niece trying this... But with her it would be more like pretending to be a mum.

Taadaa

There is no way I would leave my child with her. Fair enough she might be lacking in intelligence, however that very fact might mean that she is silly enough to try it again. And you wouldn't know either way if she had.

SkintGypsy

I would say no too. If she lacks understanding of basic things, who can say how she would react in an emergency situation? Nobody will be using my babies to practise on!

Liquorice_Twirls

I think it just shows a fairly immature 14 year old who was pretending to be a "real mum", but using a real baby not a doll. Whilst I don't think it shows anything more than her immaturity, would you feel able to let her interact with your child under your close supervision? I don't think for a minute that the school/college will expect the girl to have sole charge of your child as this would be dangerous as she is only a child herself, so surely you would be there at all times.

Rather than run a mile maybe you could let her properly learn what is appropriate and what hard work toddlers are.

JaneRN

Yes it is disturbing but I think this has more to do with her being a teen being introduced to the world of "child care" and all of it's implications. She probably feels incredibly stupid and embarrased. I remember learning child care at her age at school and learning about breast feeding etc. I suspect she wanted to feel a bit grown up and putting into practice what she had heard at school - obviously this will now haunt her from now on. Try and give her the benefit of the doubt but at the same time applying caution about leaving her alone with babies / children.

ellies_angel

I teach Skills For Work courses, Early Education and Childcare Intermediate 1 &2 in a secondary in Aberdeen. I teach young people between the ages of 13/14 - 16 years. I have been doing this job for almost 5 years and never have I come accross a student who would have thought for one minute you could breast feed a baby, I remember talking once about wet nurses which were used many years ago and it grossed them out that someone other than the mother would breast feed the baby.
I would have serious concerns leaving any child with this young person unsupervised regardless of what course she was doing, because at an age where she should realise what is appropriate behaviour she doesn't and I would have concerns that any child she was with could potentially be at risk.

minimoneysaver

I was about to post, but the above poster summed up what I was going to write too. I'm sorry, but it is a 'no.' To be honest, I would we considering calling her school up too. I really think that they need to know about this incident, especially if they are encouraging her to spend time with babies and small children. At best she needs correcting and some basics laid out and at worst... well this probably isn't the right course for her.