Have You Ever Been Busted?

[lovemykidstoo]

As I write on this board, I have to wonder if anyone has ever been busted by their daycare family or on the other side of it by their daycare provider? I mean the stories are pretty specific and if you were a parent or provider on here would you say, hey that's me!!

[youretooloud]

I obscure almost every detail just enough that it would sound familiar, yet nobody would realize it's them.

I might be talking about a two year old boy, when it's really a 19 month old girl.

[Willow]

No.

But even if I was everything I've said is the truth and nothing we haven't discussed.


That said I have no reason to believe any of my parents would be on a site called daycare.com. I realize there is a section for parents but it probably wouldn't come off as relevant to then, nor could I fathom a scenario where they'd be searching the forum and every thread just in case I might be on it and may have been talking about them.

That definitely comes off more than a little paranoid.....

[lovemykidstoo]

No.



That definitely comes off more than a little paranoid.....

Really was that necessary? It was just a question.

[Blackcat31]

I share and encourage my families to use this forum. They all know who I am on here and there is so much useful info for not just providers but parents too that I tell all my parents about this place!

I often have my laptop open to this site and sometimes a parent will just start reading while I gather their child or whatever. Sometimes I share funnies with them and sometimes I will ask their perspective about a horror story a provider posted.

The thread I started about soy and milk based formula was because the DCM asked if any of my daycare forum friends might have any other input or ideas so I posted.

I have another issue with her child that I am going to start a thread about in a few minutes and again, it was on her behalf and at her request.

I encourage my DCP's to join if they are interested but so far I think only one has. She posts now and then but isn't a frequent visitor.

So I guess for me the answer would be no. I have never been "busted" because I am too busy sharing!!

[Blackcat31]

Really was that necessary? It was just a question.

I didn't take your question as being paranoid. I think many people need a place to vent and share and learn. I know there have been many stories shared here that have contained info that I am sure someone wouldn't want a parent to find/read.

I don't think it is wrong or mean as many many providers really need to get things out there and vent and many providers need advice, assistance, ideas and different perspectives as doing child care can be a loney terrain.

I also don't think that wondering if parents have "busted" you is paranoid as much as it is curious to how much shoud you share and how much should you just keep to yourself. I think that many issues daycare providers face can be easily fixed IF addressed but sometimes providers can't find that support system or someone who really understand so they instead burnout or worse yet, act out and then we have a problem.

There is nothing wrong with venting, sharing and posting about your daycare families and your daycare issues. We ALL have them. How we choose to put them out there is up to us but we ALL have issues or roadblocks that we sometimes need input for to help us solve or deal with.

Nothing about that is paranoid in my opinion but again, that is just my opinion.

[Crystal]

As I write on this board, I have to wonder if anyone has ever been busted by their daycare family or on the other side of it by their daycare provider? I mean the stories are pretty specific and if you were a parent or provider on here would you say, hey that's me!!

I haven't but there HAVE been providers on here who have been "busted" by parents, and have lost business and have had licensing complaints because of it. I recommend being careful about what you post and not venting about every little thing that bothers you about your dck and dcf.

[lovemykidstoo]

I didn't take your question as being paranoid. I think many people need a place to vent and share and learn. I know there have been many stories shared here that have contained info that I am sure someone wouldn't want a parent to find/read.

I don't think it is wrong or mean as many many providers really need to get things out there and vent and many providers need advice, assistnace, ideas and different perspectives as doing child care can be a loney terrain.

I also don't think that wondering if parents have "busted" you is paranoid as much as it is curious to how much shoud you share and how much should you just keep to yourself. I think that many issues daycare providers face can be easily fixed IF addressed but sometimes providers can't find that support system or someone who really understand so they instead burnout or worse yet, act out and then we have a problem.

There is nothing wrong with venting, sharing and posting about your daycare families and your daycare issues. We ALL have them. How we choose to put them out there is up to us but we ALL have issues or roadblocks that we sometimes need input for to help us solve or deal with.

Nothing about that is paranoid in my opion but again, that is just my opinion.

Thank you

[rhymia1]

I haven't but there HAVE been providers on here who have been "busted" by parents, and have lost business and have had licensing complaints because of it. I recommend being careful about what you post and not venting about every little thing that bothers you about your dck and dcf.

Agreed. This happened on another forum. In this case it was licensing who "busted" the provider and really made her life heck. I try to be as vague as possible.

[sharlan]

Not by a parent, but by my niece when I wrote something about her mom and then forgot to shut the page down.

I try not to post anything that I wouldn't want a parent or family to read. I do that for all of the forums I have ever been on.

[lovemykidstoo]

so how do you delete a thread you started LOL!!! happyface

[Blackcat31]

so how do you delete a thread you started LOL!!! happyface

Unfortunately you don't. Michael likes threads to stay regardless of content.

If you still want to ask, you can PM him but none of the mods have the authority to delete threads entirely.

If you put some identifying info in a thread and you would like to change the names or things like that, PM me and I can probably help you with that. I cannot, however, delete an entire thread.

[lovemykidstoo]

Unfortunately you don't. Michael likes threads to stay regardless of content.

If you still want to ask, you can PM him but none of the mods have the authority to delete threads entirely.

If you put some identifying info in a thread and you would like to change the names or things like that, PM me and I can probably help you with that. I cannot, however, delete an entire thread.

Oh that's okay, I was being sarcastic. I don't think I've put on here anything I need to be concerned about. If my new family reads that I don't like them walking right into my house, then so be it

Other than that, I think I"m good.

[Unregistered]

Blackcat - does it not bother your dcparents that you spend so much time on this forum when I am assuming you have dckids present?

[MyAngels]

Really was that necessary? It was just a question.

I didn't think it was paranoid, and I've wondered about it myself. I remember at least one person here who had a complaint made against them based on information on this board, so definitely something to keep in mind.

I also change small details, and I don't really have a lot to vent about, so I don't worry about it for myself. I've also mentioned this forum to a couple of families, so I'm sure they've checked it out.