I absolutely LOVE my daycare families!

[Zoe]

Seriously! I hear all these horror stories from you guys on here so I've come to expect the same from my daycare families, but they continue to delight and surprise me.

Yesterday I gave one dcm notice of my vacation coming up and how that week is half rate so to be sure to include it the week before. She looked at me like I was crazy and said "oh that's WAY too generous of you charging half rate! I'm going to "tip" you the rest of the week's rate just because you deserve it." lovethis So that made me smile.

Then today I tell another dcm who's in school that because she only has a two week break between semesters (around here it's usually a month) I won't be charging her to hold dcb's spot. Honestly, what's two weeks. It isn't going to hurt my pocket since he's only here half days anyway and she's so awesome so that's what I'm going to do. She says to me "oooh, I feel bad. Are you sure? Will you have other daycare kids here so you'll have money?" Seriously?!? Where did I get these angels?!

Feeling very appreciated and thankful today. Just had to share the awesomeness.

[Christian Mother]

Seriously! I hear all these horror stories from you guys on here so I've come to expect the same from my daycare families, but they continue to delight and surprise me.

Yesterday I gave one dcm notice of my vacation coming up and how that week is half rate so to be sure to include it the week before. She looked at me like I was crazy and said "oh that's WAY too generous of you charging half rate! I'm going to "tip" you the rest of the week's rate just because you deserve it." lovethis So that made me smile.

Then today I tell another dcm who's in school that because she only has a two week break between semesters (around here it's usually a month) I won't be charging her to hold dcb's spot. Honestly, what's two weeks. It isn't going to hurt my pocket since he's only here half days anyway and she's so awesome so that's what I'm going to do. She says to me "oooh, I feel bad. Are you sure? Will you have other daycare kids here so you'll have money?" Seriously?!? Where did I get these angels?!

Feeling very appreciated and thankful today. Just had to share the awesomeness.

Doesn't it mean the WORLD to have parents like this?!! Reading this made me tear up bc I understand how WONDERFUL it is to have AWESOME parents.

I also have such great parents!! I don't know how I got so blessed...All my parents are just beyond words wonderful I never get over being surprised at how loving and generous they are to me. I think it is nice to read a post on here about our wonderful parents!! Thanks for sharing!!

[Zoe]

Doesn't it mean the WORLD to have parents like this?!! Reading this made me tear up bc I understand how WONDERFUL it is to have AWESOME parents.

I also have such great parents!! I don't know how I got so blessed...All my parents are just beyond words wonderful I never get over being surprised at how loving and generous they are to me. I think it is nice to read a post on here about our wonderful parents!! Thanks for sharing!!

It truly does mean the world to me. When I moved back to my hometown I knew full well how snooty some of the citizens can be so I wasn't expecting such gracious people come to me! Honestly, the snooty ones that have come to my door don't end up going with me anyway! Don't know if I'd take them even if they did want to come here.

I don't usually give breaks in rates or do late fees because I've never had to even deal with any issues from these parents, so when something like dcm's 2 weeks off I have no issue with doing things like this. I know they appreciate it and it's my way of telling them how happy I am to have them here!

[Unregistered]

Doesn't it mean the WORLD to have parents like this?!! Reading this made me tear up bc I understand how WONDERFUL it is to have AWESOME parents.

I also have such great parents!! I don't know how I got so blessed...All my parents are just beyond words wonderful I never get over being surprised at how loving and generous they are to me. I think it is nice to read a post on here about our wonderful parents!! Thanks for sharing!!

made me tear up too. I am lucky as of now. I too have great parents. It has not always been this way so I know the difference. It's so nice to be appreciated. When the parents are great it makes the little things seem not so big when it comes to the kids. When the parents are not great, I think it humbles us and makes us want to strive to be even better providers for the kids- that is before we pull our hair out.

[daycare]

this made me jealous.... LUCKY!!!

ALL of my parents are very nice people, but I have a few mom's who are just out there.

All of my clients come from money and as I have always said, money makes people funny.. One of the DCM that I just got rid of what the "entitlement mom"

Basically had to have top of the line EVERYTHING! Brand new Louie purse, Jimmy choo shoes, brand new Jaguar, but when it came to daycare, I was treated like poop and mom always wanted a discount for EVERYTHING everyday.

YOu ladies are very lucky and it's a blessing to have wonderful people in your care...

I have been more cautious about who I enroll and have really taken interviewing more seriously.

[SunflowerMama]

I absolutely LOVE my families too...every last one! I don't have any issues with them and they are always so generous and considerate!! Kids are great toohappyface.

Like pp said I definitely feel very lucky after reading some of the horror stories on here.

[DCMom]

My families are great for the most part. I have 9 families, 16 dcks ~ two of the dcm's lean toward the PITA side of the fence, but the kids are good so I figure it balances out, !

Counting my blessings

[Crazy8]

That is wonderful!!!! lovethis I love to hear these stories. I am also very lucky, and quite honestly, if I had found this board before I started daycare I would have been a little scared off by the number of issues people have but having found it after I was doing daycare for 9+ years I just appreciated my parents even more.

I have a dcm who mentioned yesterday how she can't find a certain sippy cup - well last night in the grocery store I found one pack of them so quick texted her to see if she wanted them and she did. I had no problem picking them up and she paid me for them today - I LOVE having an actual relationship with my parents - it can be business with a bit of heart in there too. lovethis

[DCMom]

I LOVE having an actual relationship with my parents - it can be business with a bit of heart in there too.

I agree. I think this approach is what has made my business successful for so long. That's not to say that I don't have rules and enforce them, but I think you have to have a mutual respect for each other for it to work well.

[daycare]

as with most things in life, we always seem to hear about the bad things more than the good things.

Look at the news and the magazines. they are saturated with horrible news.

We have to remember that this form and many others are usually used for debates and vents...

I was taken back by a few things I saw on here when I first came on, but after I got to know and understand the posters, I was more understanding about it and could relate from where they were coming from..

[Nellie]

Having wonderful parents truly makes this job so much easier. Even when not being compensated with extra money just hearing how much they appreciate the job you do makes things go so much smoother. I have only been doing this for 4 years and have always had a small group. I charge by the hour for only when kids are in care. I ask for at least two weeks of schedules for parents that have different schedules every week. Up until now I've never had a problem with any of my families. I have one family that will give me there schedule two months in advance and call me to ask if they can pick up hours a month out. They always pay me for days that there child is sick(even though I don't require it) or if there work schedule changed with in two weeks and the child doesn't come as much as they said they'd be here. They bring me flowers, small gifts, and gift certificates for no reason through out the year. Then on the opposite hand I have another family that calls the night before the child is suppose to come to let me know that she doesn't have to work. I now have to change my contracts because of this family. The last straw was drawn on the day after Thanksgiving. I had no other children that day. I asked her 3 weeks before that Friday and a week before that Friday if the child was coming. His grandma occasionally takes him on Fridays. She told me he was coming. I told her to let me know as soon as possible if he wasn't because I had no other kids. She calls at 9:30 pm on Thanksgiving to let me know he wasn't coming. I cried and was upset most of the weekend. If I would have known he wasn't coming I would have not left my families Thanksgiving to get home and clean and prepare for the day. I would have made arrangements for my own kids so I could have went shopping in the middle of the night or early in the am. I guess if it doesn't effect them in the pocket book, there is no incentive to fallow the rules.
I'm glad you have a wonderful group of parents to work with.