Reggio based daycare

I’ve been working at a Reggio based daycare for the past 6 months and am just curious if what I am experiencing is on par with Reggio daycares or if anyone else has had similar experiences. For starters, it is a family owned in home daycare, the owner has her own children as a part of the program as well. Most of the kids in the program are great, but the owner has her nephew in this program who continuously breaks the rules and has horrible behavior with no consequences. He is 4 years old and has kicked, hit, and spit on me with no repercussions to his actions whatsoever. When mom comes to pick him up it’s usually a vague conversation about how he had ‘bad listening’ today. Today he showed horrible behavior (climbing on tables, running in the classroom, climbing under tables, hitting me) but was still given the opportunity to play with special toys at the end of the day. I am honestly fed up and when I came back from my break to see that he was not given any repercussions I just felt so defeated. Once again, my boss is very kind and I am glad to work for an independent business but the behavior of this kid with lack of discipline is tiring. Also for context I’ve been working with kids for the past 3 years and have never been hit, spit on, or disrespected to this point with no repercussions.  Just looking for advice on what I should do or if this is normal.

Submitted January 09, 2026 at 09:11PM by sensitive_pickle33 https://ift.tt/Mnrh5pQ