Katrin, 37, was supposed to leave her three-year-old daughter at the preschool – but there were no staff.
Then she herself had to step in and help with serving breakfast to the children.
– I have never experienced anything like this before, says Katrin Lööke Lindsjö to TV4 Nyheterna.
When 37-year-old Katrin Lööke Lindsjö was about to leave her three-year-old daughter, Milea, at the preschool in Hisingen in Gothenburg, she was met by a confused and stressed substitute, who herself took care of three departments with about 40 children. In the hall, the parents sat with their crying children in their arms and waited. It was GP first to report on.
There was a lack of staff who could receive the children.
When Katrin found out that no staff would be showing up in the near future, she decided to stay with another parent and help.
– I have never experienced anything like this before, says Katrin Lööke Lindsjö to TV4 Nyheterna.
Served breakfast
Many of the children who were dropped off early in the morning had not yet had breakfast during the morning.
– We started looking for breakfast tables and gathered the 2-3 year olds and served them breakfast. Otherwise, the children would have had to go a very long time without breakfast, says Katrin Lööke Lindsjö.
It took about 20 minutes before the preschool managed to get an educator who was called in earlier.
Katrin, who works as a primary school teacher, was nearly an hour late for work herself. She informed her teaching colleague who had to take care of two classes in year two on her own in the meantime.
– My daughter was very sad and thought it was strange that mother stayed and served breakfast. As I was about to leave she pulled me to hold me.
Many sick on the same day
The principal of the preschool regrets what happened and explains to GP that the preschool is sometimes denied substitutes from the central substitute pool due to a shortage of substitutes.
“When there are many people who are sick or sick, it sometimes becomes difficult to resolve the situation and that is not good, of course,” she writes in an email to the newspaper.
Katrin explains that she herself has worked at a preschool before but had to quit because she got gastritis from the high workload.
– There are simply too many children per teacher.
Now she is tired of politicians who promise to tackle the problem. She believes that it is not just about the economy, but also about the number of educators per child.
– I want to feel that my children are in safe hands. But now I feel worried. There must be a functioning system.