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I've turned down a FEW possible clients! One, many years ago, the boy went around hitting kids and taking everyone's toys during the entire interview. Neither mom nor dad said anything at all to him about his behavior. However, about every other sentence of conversation with mom, I constantly reprimanded the child! Then, he came over to me, who at the time was OBVIOUSLY pregnant, and he punched me in the stomach!!! Again, neither mom nor dad said a word to or about the kid's behavior!!! I then pointed to the dad and said, "I need you to take your son out of my house immediately!" Then I told the mother that I would NEVER watch her child and gave her a speech about how I cannot believe that her son had hit everyone in my daycare including me, an adult, and taken toys from every child in the daycare and neither she nor her husband bothered to say anything to him! I let her know how horribly they raised their child and that I don't know ANYONE who would watch their child. I told her to get out of my house and to never contact me again.
Others, I typically say something to the effect that I don't think their child/situation and my daycare are a good fit. Often I try to suggest the type of care that I think might work better for them. Whether I think a nanny who watches their child in their home, a larger setting of a daycare center, or smaller setting with just maybe up to 3 or so kids, or a family member to watch the child would be, in my opinion, a better situation for their child and/or their needs.
Others, I typically say something to the effect that I don't think their child/situation and my daycare are a good fit. Often I try to suggest the type of care that I think might work better for them. Whether I think a nanny who watches their child in their home, a larger setting of a daycare center, or smaller setting with just maybe up to 3 or so kids, or a family member to watch the child would be, in my opinion, a better situation for their child and/or their needs.
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