Early Childhood Care Question Answer 2022

Running Head: EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
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Name of the University
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Question 1:
Answer to question (a)
The childcare dilemma in this case is related to the natural growth of the child. If the
child is not allowed to be engaged in messy play activities like outdoor play, playing in the
ground in the fear of mud stains or other type of dirt on clothes; the natural process of social,
psychological as well as physical development of the child will be hindered (cabonne.nsw.gov.au
2019). Such as, the child will not be able to explore the environment other than the environment
of its home, it will not be able to learn social skills, knowledge of cooperation with the friends he
or she has made. Moreover, muscle strengths, immunity system of the child will not grow, if the
child is not allowed to be engaged in outdoor play or not exposed to mud, dirt and germs during
outdoor play.
Answer to question (b)
I will conduct a meeting with the parents of the child and make them understand the
importance of outdoor play, in the social, physical as well as psychological growth of a their
child. Further, I will assure about safety of the child from dirt and germs at the time of outdoor
play. I will also ensure them that the amount of dirt on the clothes will be minimal as the time
slot for outdoor play will be minimized. Along with this, I will advise them to make their child
wear clothes made of stain-resistant fabric.
Answer to question (c)

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The first principle from ECA Code of Ethics is the principle of honouring the right of a
child to be engaged in any kind of indoor as well as outdoor games as a process as well as
context of learning and development (Ecaconference.com.au 2019). The reason behind selecting
this principle is, this principle establishes the fact that, outdoor play is crucial for a child’s
learning of social skills as well as the its physical and psychological development. Another
principle adopted from the ECA the Code of Ethics’ ‘in relation to children’ section, is the
maintenance of a safe as well as healthy environment fostering the learning and development of
children which will also induce the concepts of self-worth, dignity, self-identity autonomy in
children (Ecaconference.com.au 2019). This principle supports the urgency of providing children
a safe outdoor play so that protection against germs and dirt can be ensured. Further, the
principle emphasizing on the partnerships between the childcare workers as and families of the
children and exchange of opinions between parents and childcare workers to facilitate joint
decision making; can be considered as one of the significant principles of ECA the Code of
Ethics’. This is because; this principle supports the commencement of a meeting between parents
and childcare workers for the purpose of educating parents about the importance of messy
outdoor play in the growth of a child.
Answer to question (d)
One of the parent complaint policies which is considered to be useful to deal with the
complaints of parents is the policy of addressing the complaints on time, without any kind of
partiality or discrimination and maintaining the confidentiality of the complaint launched by
parents. This policy will help a childcare centre to evaluate the complaint with an unbiased
attitude (Ccc.sa.edu.au 2019). Adoption of this policy will assure the parents who have launched
the complaint, that their problems will be addressed with sincerity and agility.