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I find it easier. I don't let daycare interfere with my kids lives (most of the time) I have set hours and activities for my kids start at 6pm. I run a tight ship so my kids don't suffer. Now there are times that I have to take the daycare kids with me to the school but my kids love it so much (maybe because there is 4 of them so a couple more kids don't faze them) Most appointments can be made later in the evening or on weekends, we have clinics if the kids are sick so its not too bad. I think if you let the daycare run your house then sure the kids are going to be miserable and its going to be hard
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I'm mean and old fashion. I don't allow kids to walk all over me, and yes I will battle food, attitudes, fighting, and potty training. But I have such a good group of kids that they already know not to cross me. Unfortunatly when they go home is a whole other story.Comment
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I find it easier. I hate when my school age kids have off of school. It messes me up. It is hard though with after school activities.Comment
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I have to add too, that if I got a job outside the home, I think it would be more of a challenge trying to juggle the kids, activities and a boss. I know that if I gave this up, the only thing I really can work is to be the school lunch monitor, doesn't pay much but has less hours.Comment
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I agree with Mrs.B when I started in childcare in 93 parents seemed to enjoy being parents...If the child was sick they would come and get them no complaining, If a child was acting up the parent didn't think this was cute nor find it funny, If a parent left work early or had a day off they would want to spend that time with their child, taking their child on an outing wasn't a chore it was fun. I love my job don't get me wrong it's just the parenting style has changed...We are expected to do everything today, the parent doesn't want to be bothered with their own child. It's very sad to me.
Yes I do feel like the biggest meanie in the world because of all the new behavior problems that kids have today and I am old fashioned I don't believe I like my toys being destroyed or my walls being banged up or being called a buttface just because the child felt like it.
Children fully understand that the parents don't want to be bothered with them they can feel it or sense it so what does it teach the child?
I am not saying all parents are like this.
Sorry for going off.....Just my feelings about this.Comment
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I have been doing childcare for 7 or 8 years. I started when my youngest was about 2 or 3 years old. I think it is much easier now that she is older and in school than it was when she was here all day. She didn't take naps anymore, so there was not break for me at all. (Now I get a break at naptime because the dck's all nap...yay!) Plus, it got a little stressful back them when she did not want to share her toys. One year when I watched a friend's child who was the same age as my daughter, they fought over toys constantly! There was a time though, that she was best friends with one of the dcg's. Now that was a great few months (think she was 3 or 4), but then the mom lost her job.
It was still hard when she first started school, too. A few years ago, when she was in kindergarten or first grade, she would tell the last mom who picked up that "he shouldn't be here anymore", meaning dcb. So embarassing...but she would get home from school and want my attention and here was this other kid who got to stay home with me and was taking her "spot" when she finally got to come home to me. She was soooo jealous. She got in trouble for embarassing me that way but I totally got it...she is the baby of the family and she is a total mama's girl; she had to go to school but these other kids got to stay with her mommy.
Now it is sooo much easier. She is in 4th grade now loves the kids that I watch. I think now that she has matured and finally learned that others have feelings, she would love to be a big sister. This is as close as she's getting.
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I voted "no difference" simply because I wanted to see the results!
Honestly, tho, when I was doing DC when my kids were young, I had basically the same issues. But then, I always homeschooled and didn't have to deal with school drama. We were active in 4-H and church and that was weekends or eves. It worked great for me! Often the dc kids came along because they wanted to, even tho they were no longer there for daycare hours!
I think it'll be much the same this time around. At least so far it is.
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