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Parents: Kindergarten restricts children from drinking water
Kindergarten: It might be that the children are shy and don't ask for water
Yaxin News (reported by Guo Jiping) - "The kindergarten finds it troublesome, and restricts the children from drinking water." On May 16th, citizen Ms. Li Juan (a pseudonym) reported to Yaxin.com that the kindergarten is worried that if the children drink too much water, they will urinate more, so they limit the amount of water the children can drink. As a result, as soon as the child gets home, he drinks water excessively, finishing one glass and then asking for another.
Ms. Li mentioned that her son is 5 years old and attends the senior class at Happy Flower Kindergarten located in Dawan. Recently, whenever she picks up her child, right after leaving the kindergarten gates, her child says he feels very thirsty. "I asked my child why he was so thirsty, and he said the teacher told them that drinking too much water leads to frequent urination which is very troublesome. Each time, only a little bit of water is allowed for each child."
"As the weather gets hotter, the children's activity levels increase. How can they drink so little water?" Ms. Li stated that she has already brought this issue to the attention of the kindergarten, but her child still returns home extremely thirsty.
On May 17th, the reporter visited the Happy Flower Kindergarten. Regarding the parents' feedback that teachers limit the children's water intake due to concerns about frequent urination, the head of the kindergarten, Mr. Zang Xiangzhong, said that such a situation might exist, but it is more likely to occur with new students because these new students tend to be a bit timid and may not dare to ask the teacher for water when they are thirsty. "In the future, we will require the teachers to ask the children multiple times to avoid such situations."
The reporter noticed that this kindergarten has three floors, and each floor is equipped with a large thermos. Upon opening the thermos, the reporter found that each one contained more than half a bucket of boiled water.
According to Mr. Zang Xiangzhong, the water is brought back to the classroom by the teachers or nursery staff for the children to drink. After lunch, every child must drink water, and at other times, the children can raise their hands and ask the teacher for water whenever they need it. After class, the teachers will organize the children to line up and go to the bathroom together, but if a child needs to use the restroom during class, the teacher will allow it.
Currently, the head of the Basic Education Department of the Tianshan District Education Bureau in Urumqi City stated that in the management of kindergartens, it is clearly stipulated that kindergartens cannot restrict children from drinking water or using the restroom. Whenever the children have such needs, the kindergarten must provide it promptly. "Regardless of whether the incident reported by the parent is true or not, we will require Happy Flower Kindergarten to conduct an internal self-inspection, write a self-inspection report, and take random checks to ensure that the children are being given adequate attention to replenish fluids."
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