Parent Accused Me Of Watching TV

[godiva83]

Okay so on Friday at pickup a parent said, " x, knows how to say Tree House, and some of the shows- I hope you aren't parking them infront of the TV all day."

Excuse ME, first off X only comes here P/T and if you say you never watch TV why was it on for her to show you she knew what it was?
We dont have a TV in our playroom and I run a structured preschool like program here, so I was offended. Also, why is it that parents are so quick to attack when something 'negative' happens but all the great things go unappreciated.

Instrad Why dont you accuse me of teaching X colours, words, to count, to sing, or praise me on all the artwork, baking and photos I send home? What about the field trips that are no extra cost to them???
I do so much for my DCK's and I am almost at the end ready to say, " because nobody seems to care enough about the daily reports, the creative projects, field trips, bi- annual progress reports I am going to STOP. I simply will provide a happy, save, healthy, nurturing environment you can provide the rest."
Thanks for letting me vent! What would I do with out daycare.com

[godiva83]

Oh and yes, we do watch some programs if it is raining or on a special occasion which I told him

[Kaddidle Care]

Okay so on Friday at pickup a parent said, " x, knows how to say Tree House, and some of the shows- I hope you aren't parking them infront of the TV all day."

I would have said "I do hope you are kidding." Then the stink eye. ::

[godiva83]

Ugh- I really wish I did, but no I got caught off guard and offended
So I rambled something out

[Sugar Magnolia]

Sigh....((((Hugs))))) it is so sad when the big things we do go unappreciated, or even worse, un-noticed or un-acknowledged. You're right to feel hurt by this parent's remark. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

[themoorethemerrier]

"Well, I thought that was an upgrade from the soap operas... No good?" ::

The first day here my 2yo dcb told his dad that we got out the bats in his pants. I'm assuming that he was thinking about the game "ants in the pants" but I just "uh???" But then I got to hear some good stories of what happens at their house - I figure we're even.

I concur, this place is marvelous.

[Maddy'sMommy]

We watch TV here once and a while. I think Treehouse has some good shows for kids. My girls like Thomas, Toopy and Binoo, and Max and Ruby.


I can absolutely not stand Yo Gaba Gaba, it's too loud, or In the Night Garden, which I just find weird. .

[nannyde]

Usually........ not always....... but usually when parents are strict about TV at child care they are really saying that they want their kid to just have tv on their clock.

They know the difference between how glued to the tv their kid is when they have gone all day without it. They want THAT when they get them home. If the provider allows tv then the kid won't be quiet and happy in front of the screen when they do tv at home.

Some parents don't use tv at home and really don't want their kid having it at child care. That's a very small percentage tho. When you have a parent REALLY protesting about tv there is a REALLY good chance that the kid watches a LOT of tv at home so they are protecting that with the rules they have for you.

It's the same thing as parents wanting their kid to be up all day at day care. It's almost ALWAYS so they can have them sleep more on their clock and go to bed easily for them at night.

[daycare]

I knowhow it feels when parents come at you like that, it ****s. Sorry you had to experience this.



I have found that everything we do for these kids has to because we get joy out of teaching and love to see them grow.

I have wonderful FT that I spend about 300 on monthly outof my pocket. I reach out to the community as our classroom and go above and beyond for these kids. BUT

Any time a child does something negative at home,DAYCARE is the blame and I get attacked.

Ive taught several children to read, spending countless hours with them daily, just to have parents say,oh little sussie is reading because I down loaded a reading game ap on my iPhone!

I used to get upset! But I'm not going to let it get to me. I do this for the kids, not the parents.

[Unregistered]

The TV is rarely on here but there are times (rainy day, quiet time for older ones) when I DO put on Treehouse...BUT I am quite "amused" that some of the kids can tell me what the show is before it even starts or even better, rhyme off songs or names of shows, etc. from shows that they should NOT be watching!

I've never had anyone say anything to me but the TV is so rarely on that they don't have much to complain about...I used to have one little guy who was always the last one here for an hour or so alone so we watched "Monster Jam" (monster truck show) together...I'm not into monster trucks but he loved them and there wasn't anything on there that was bad for him to see or hear...I pretended to have a favorite truck and he loved that too..his mom was a bit anal but she never minded him seeing that show...

[SandeeAR]

Ok, so what is Treehouse? and What channel is it on?

[Ariana]

Yep childcare is a THANKLESS job!!! As long as YOU know all the great things you're doing for the kids that is all that matters

[godiva83]

Thanks everyone!!
I agree with everyone, and Nan you are right that seems to be the case. I remember telling X's mum a while ago that she knew a lot of cartoon characters from the books we had.
It was just a slap in the face

[blueclouds29]

right now my tv has been on a lot lately only because i'm 9 weeks prego and feel like ^%^% and so neusea! I only have 4 kids, 2 years and younger so mostly just back ground noise. I don't think any of them cept my own DD that's 2 1/2 really watches it. But the tv doesn't really help as you would think.

[laundrymom]

I don't know what treehouse is either.