I'm Very Grateful My Kids Are Not In Daycare

[Blackcat31]

Maybe it's not fair for me to imply the parents don't care...the real feeling of my post was that it is VERY hard for ME to leave my kids, and when they were in daycare I asked a ton of questions at pick up because I worried about them so much....I have the severe separation anxiety issue and would of loved for dropping off my kids to be more natural instead of worry about if they were ok or if they were behaving, but I feel like a minority because dropping them off for someone else to care for them was extreemly difficult for me. Therefore I am greatful I don't have to drop them off at daycare and worry.

I should not imply the parents do not care...it just sometimes it feels that way because they don't ask questions about how they were or what they did or give me the feeling that they know what I do is hard work and they appreciate it. It is nice to know or hear that what I do as a daycare provider is appreciated by the parents. Know what I mean?

Thank you! I appreciate everything you are saying. I also agree that it is difficult for some parents and easier for others. I know we are all different and see, feel and understand things differently than others.

FWIW~ I was a parent who could easily (on the outside) drop off my child at daycare because I absolutely trusted and loved my provider. It didn't mean that I didn't drive off feeling badly or a bit remorseful that I was leaving my kids. At the end of the day, I didn't ask my provider a million questions because I knew if anything that needed to be addressed had happened, she would have told me or called me. The rest of the questions I had, I asked my kids on the way home.

I showed my provider that I appreciated what she did by paying her on time, following the schedule I gave her, keeping my kids home when they were ill and baisically obserivng and agreeing to her policies and rules. I didn't tell her thank you everyday nor did I go out of my way to express some huge sense of gratefulness to her because she is offering a service and I was paying for it.

I kind of looked at it like I didn't go to the grocery store and find the owner and profusely thank him for having groceries available for me to buy.....he has a business and I buy things from it....I looked at it the same way.....

I know it is hard to not feel appreciated but I don't always think we realize that we are appreciated when the parents pay on time and follow our policies....I don't expect anything more from them....kwim?

Agian, thank you for further explaination about your original post.

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

understood exactly blackcat.....I am very thankful for this job and the parents I work for...they may not all think as I think but they are good people. I do get paid on time and very well for our area and I'm thankful for that as if it were not for them, I wouldn't have this opportunity to be home with my own kids.

[My3cents]

Thank you! I appreciate everything you are saying. I also agree that it is difficult for some parents and easier for others. I know we are all different and see, feel and understand things differently than others.

FWIW~ I was a parent who could easily (on the outside) drop off my child at daycare because I absolutely trusted and loved my provider. It didn't mean that I didn't drive off feeling badly or a bit remorseful that I was leaving my kids. At the end of the day, I didn't ask my provider a million questions because I knew if anything that needed to be addressed had happened, she would have told me or called me. The rest of the questions I had, I asked my kids on the way home.

I showed my provider that I appreciated what she did by paying her on time, following the schedule I gave her, keeping my kids home when they were ill and baisically obserivng and agreeing to her policies and rules. I didn't tell her thank you everyday nor did I go out of my way to express some huge sense of gratefulness to her because she is offering a service and I was paying for it.

I kind of looked at it like I didn't go to the grocery store and find the owner and profusely thank him for having groceries available for me to buy.....he has a business and I buy things from it....I looked at it the same way.....

I know it is hard to not feel appreciated but I don't always think we realize that we are appreciated when the parents pay on time and follow our policies....I don't expect anything more from them....kwim?

Agian, thank you for further explaination about your original post.

I am commenting on the bold- I agree with this. Self appreciation is enough for me. It is nice when they say wonderful things. I would like to Thank the Trader Joe owner! I love that place!!! Ok<-------- always a smarty pants.....worse then a kid;-) but I would.......tee hee I wish we had a like button

[christinaskids]

The thing i like about being home with my kids is that i know my sons habits and schedule more than anyone else does. I like to know how he naps, how he eats and interacts with the other kids and even how he poops haha. I also like not having the pressure of missing work if he is not feeling well. I am in nursing school but i am really looking forward to working 3 12 hour shifts a week to have special days with ONLY us and not a bunch of other kids.

[daycare]

one of my mottos is:

Don't be mad/upset/judge/label (list could go on) ME, for not being the person that you WISH I could BE.
Or don't (fill in the blank) at me becuase I don't do things the way that you would do them. For I am me and YOU are YOU......

In my daycare, no news is often good news.