Is there ever a time when a child is NOT ready for childcare?

I disagree with childcare except in emergencies. Poor lil angel...

You have to put yourself in his shoes.

He is just a baby. Babies need their mommy.

How would you like it if someone did that to you ?

How frighting that would be. You would cry too.

I was a stay home mom just for that reason.

He is one(1) year old, for God´s sake. Is he supposed to be understanding and accomodating to the grownup´s wishes already ? GIVE HIM A BREAK !!

What he is exhibiting is anxious attachment. If he was attached to the grandparents who provided care for him then he is reacting in the only way he knows how. It is also somewhat normal for this age child to have stranger anxiety. Even in securely attached children they will show stranger anxiety around this age. Easing the transition for him and slowly lengenthing the time in daycare will help....having the grandparents go with him to help him should also help.

There is NO WAY on earth a person can spoil a 1 year old. A one year whims should be satisfied in every way- that is how children develop trust. I hope someday you have a change in your perspective towards parenting. As for a child being ready for childhood. I would NEVER leave my child with anyone qualified or not unless I absolutely trusted them- which means family or friends that are as close to me as family. If the kid is crying all week with you, he is picking up on the attitude you are displaying in this comment, even though he can't verbalize it. I am shocked by your attitude. If a 1 year old kid cried all week in my presence I would be feel so bad for him, have complete compassion for him and do everything I can to show him that he can trust me and feel secure with me. This is what he needs. If you do not think you can do this, I would suggest letting someone else watch this child that he can feel safe with.

It can be traumatizing to a child to be taken and left somewhere unfamiliar. This could actually mess the child up for years to come. The parent could come into childcare with the child until he gets used to his surroundings and other kids aswell as adults. Sometimes that is just what it takes.

If baby is crying all day, it is NOT the right childcare situation for him.

reducing the time he spends in daycare or taking him out completely will only spoil him more. he's being taught that if he cries, he gets his way. he is only a year old, but thats just it. he's one. he doesn't know whats best for him. he doesn't understand that he needs to do what mommy and daddy say, and at this rate he will never learn that. the kid will get used to it. mine did. she's three now, and she loves going to school. she was very attached to me, also. she'd scream from the moment i left until the second i got home, even if she was left with close family or friends that she'd see every day. i didn't have very many babysitters, lol, not even her father could handle her. but one of the things i learned is to make a quick exit - say goodbye & go, if you drag it out the child will think its a bigger deal than it actually is. good luck to the parents. its hard, but it will pass.
just re-read the other comments - not all of us are 'to busy to raise my kid,' just caught in unfortunate circumstances, and go to work because we don't want to live off of welfare - i also disagree with satisfying a childs every whim. i child needs to learn trust, but he also needs to know that there are boundaries, limits, to what he is allowed to do, and his parents set these limits because they love him and want to protect him.

And so goes this 'too busy to raise my kid world'! It is so heartbreaking to see this. A child should be at home with a parent for at least three years after birth. It used to be that a child started K at age 5 (or before) and graduated high school at 17 or 18. Now we need Pre-K to get them ready for K and Pre-school to get them ready for Pre-K; and then they either drop out, at 15 or 16, or get pushed out still lacking basic understanding of math, history, and science. WHY?

I don"t know but every child needs a parent. Or I can say this It"s very great that a child that is age 5 should go to childcare. : )

well, people have to work. kids are expensive. eventually the kid will get used to it and learn to socialize.

Babies are used to all the attention and being spoiled.
They are never ready to change to another environment.
Taking a child out of childcare won't do any good, that child needs to learn that they can't always stay home and be smothered with the love and care by their family.

You should keep the child in child care, let him/her scream, in the end they'll give up, and they'll get used to it and stopped crying.

I've been on work experience in a nursery, and this little boy was crying all the time because he didn't want to leave his mum. the way they taught him that he couldn't have his way was just to ignore him, let him cry. it's cruel. but he needed to learn that he can't always have 100% attention.