Venting Thread

[Blackcat31]

BC even has sources for MMPR?! :::: You're killin me! (in a non violent and age appropriate kind of way)

! What can I say?!
I'm an information junkie.

I hated MMPR but my kids loved them and after watching with them I realized the message was a good one!

[Play Care]

Not day care related.
We had decided to set up the new kittens in the (finished) basement. Once they were comfortable we would introduce them to the rest of the house, but basement is "cat central"
Their beds, toys, food, water, and litter boxes are there. That's where they will go when it's bedtime, and when we are away, and during day care.

My vent is my one relative, who is very animal centered, is annoyed. Keeps asking when they can go upstairs, etc.

Like by not allowing "free range" we are somehow not being good pet parents.

(And I totally get it's none of her business and we can do whatever :: )

[Controlled Chaos]

Aw, why you picking on Power Rangers... ::

My kids (both my son and my daughter) loved Power Rangers when they were young!

There is no denying that the show contains violence, in fact when the show first came out a study was done for the Child Study Journal claiming over two hundred violent acts per episode. (Boyatzis, Matillo 1995)

This does not mean that the show should not be watched by children. Violence is an everyday occurrence and the Power Rangers teach children how to deal with and stop violence.

A survey in 2009 stated that over 60 percent of children have been exposed to violence in that year. (Finkelhor, Hamby, Kracke, Ormrod, Turner. 2009)

If that’s still the case wouldn’t we want our children to be able to understand the difference between unnecessary and necessary violence?

In MMPR (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) the heroes defend the city from evil. The rules of being a Ranger are laid out to never use power for personal gain or let the force escalate unless there is no other alternative.

Being as unrealistic as the show is it still can teach our children when violence should be used and when it should not.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/other...n-could-a87706

BC even has sources for MMPR?! :::: You're killin me! (in a non violent and age appropriate kind of way)

[Blackcat31]

Dear parents, please stop letting your four year olds watch power Rangers. Or max steel. Or the first person shooter games played by family members. Whatever happened to sesame Street? Or even the ____ "junior" shows? My son is five and has no idea what a power Ranger is. Nor does he run around trying to shoot things. It is possible to filter how much media violence they are exposed to! I know that sort of play is developmentally appropriate but they don't need extra inspiration. Am I wrong? I just don't think power Rangers is age appropriate for a four year old.

Aw, why you picking on Power Rangers... ::

My kids (both my son and my daughter) loved Power Rangers when they were young!

There is no denying that the show contains violence, in fact when the show first came out a study was done for the Child Study Journal claiming over two hundred violent acts per episode. (Boyatzis, Matillo 1995)

This does not mean that the show should not be watched by children. Violence is an everyday occurrence and the Power Rangers teach children how to deal with and stop violence.

A survey in 2009 stated that over 60 percent of children have been exposed to violence in that year. (Finkelhor, Hamby, Kracke, Ormrod, Turner. 2009)

If that’s still the case wouldn’t we want our children to be able to understand the difference between unnecessary and necessary violence?

In MMPR (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) the heroes defend the city from evil. The rules of being a Ranger are laid out to never use power for personal gain or let the force escalate unless there is no other alternative.

Being as unrealistic as the show is it still can teach our children when violence should be used and when it should not.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/other/power-rangers-just-mindless-violence-or-the-best-role-models-children-could-a87706

Dear parents, please stop letting your four year olds watch power Rangers. Or max steel. Or the first person shooter games played by family members. Whatever happened to sesame Street? Or even the ____ "junior" shows? My son is five and has no idea what a power Ranger is. Nor does he run around trying to shoot things. It is possible to filter how much media violence they are exposed to! I know that sort of play is developmentally appropriate but they don't need extra inspiration. Am I wrong? I just don't think power Rangers is age appropriate for a four year old.

[jenboo]

Is it Wednesday at 6pm yet??!!
5/6 have been having a melt down for the past two hours.
I'm. So. Done.

[lovemydaycare0912]

All my kids are sleeping peacefully. Same neighbors that woke me up last night have their little devils of children running around and what sounds like jumping and falling on the ground. I am trying to keep my calm and just eat Doritos hoping that will make me feel better.

[MsLisa]

I swear to all that is holy, if I turn down all these full-time needing parents and the family set to use me full-time starting Jan 2017 mysteriously disappears, I'll die. I'm finally getting traction with all these interested clients (thanks fb) but had to turn them all down cause of the full-time client coming. Nothing just works out for me so i'm assuming the worst already. One more month....

[Miss A]

I am donedonedone with all of the rules they throw at you! Even the professionals don't understand and think many of them are way over the top. Licensing is confused. If you take a training in person it can contradict what the pre-training modules told you. :dislike:
How in heaven's name are we supposed to know what's right, wrong, or acceptable with all of these discrepancies?

Please.....just let me take care of these children to the best of my ever-loving capabilities and experience from having 4 of my own and 34 years of child care under my belt. I don't know it all but common sense, to me, plays a huge part, wouldn't you think????
I truly feel I did a much better job and the kids were way happier back when I didn't have to worry about all of this extra @hit.

Right? Whatever happened to letting children have childhoods? Now the state wants to dictate how they learn and how we teach them. Want them to be responsible adults who contribute to society? Oops, sorry, state says you can't wash the dishes or sweep the floor while there are children in your care. Want children to demonstrate patience and learn to take turns? How, when state steps in and says no child should have to wait more than 3 minutes for any activity, and dings you for each time you ask a child to wait.

Common sense and love will go much farther to help create a well rounded child who grows up to be a respectable adult than any state rule or regulation put into place.

[Snowmom]

You know those mornings when everyone is loud and misbehaving because they know it's bus time and think you're probably not paying attention, even though you always are.
Then you have to raise your voice because it's so loud and tell Johnny to stop hitting Sally right when a parent walks in the door.

Yea, that was my morning.

I hate, hate, hate raising my voice and rarely have to do it. But it always seems I do when this ONE parent drops off.

[lovemydaycare0912]

I completely understand your frustration but yet, I can almost see the other side of it too ya know? I received an 18 page Code blue book from a training plus a 15 page medication instruction manual from a different training, and this was from Saturday alone. I still have a state regulation book (Received a couple months ago)that has way too many pages and too much professional jargon...I need to read it all but haven't. Life gets busy and sometimes it's easier just to ask 1 question rather than read read read. I'm not saying it's right, it's just the way it goes.
As for the slot, sounds like you needed to fill it with somebody else due to her non-communication anyways.

I hear what you're saying. I was just annoyed because both times she's like I need daycare immediately but then falls off the face of the earth.

[Josiegirl]

sigh....I brought my car to the mechanic for tire change and he knows I'm putting as little as I can into it because I need one before June anyways. He calls me and says he put the winters on BUT...... calipers, brake pads, rotors, won't know until I get in there..... I totally trust this guy so know he won't change anything he doesn't have to. Worst case scenario he says, 400 bucks. Just cannot win some days.

[Play Care]

Just because I required your child to stay home for 24 hours after I sent him home for wheezing with stridor & the croup cough, does not mean your child can come on my prescheduled day off. You've been here for 2 years, I always take Thanksgiving and Black Friday off.

Same family asked if I was still taking a week off between Christmas and New Year's because I had to close for a week in October when I had e-coli. Yes, I am still taking my vacation week.

You mean your e-coli week WASN'T a vacation?! ::

[Josiegirl]

Same dcm that went MIA on me last month after offering her a part-time slot. Comes back last week asking about the spot then disappears again. Then comes back and says if her child starts this week does she have to pay for Thanksgiving? This is ALL AFTER I already sent her our handbook.

I kindly told her I can no longer offer her the slot. And for future reference, she might want to read the handbook as it outlines all policies.

I don't get it. Why can't you just read?

I completely understand your frustration but yet, I can almost see the other side of it too ya know? I received an 18 page Code blue book from a training plus a 15 page medication instruction manual from a different training, and this was from Saturday alone. I still have a state regulation book (Received a couple months ago)that has way too many pages and too much professional jargon...I need to read it all but haven't. Life gets busy and sometimes it's easier just to ask 1 question rather than read read read. I'm not saying it's right, it's just the way it goes.
As for the slot, sounds like you needed to fill it with somebody else due to her non-communication anyways.

[lovemydaycare0912]

Same dcm that went MIA on me last month after offering her a part-time slot. Comes back last week asking about the spot then disappears again. Then comes back and says if her child starts this week does she have to pay for Thanksgiving? This is ALL AFTER I already sent her our handbook.

I kindly told her I can no longer offer her the slot. And for future reference, she might want to read the handbook as it outlines all policies.

I don't get it. Why can't you just read?