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I just tell the parents: "I won't believe everything I hear about you either."
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Just had a situation that made me wonder
I try not to think about it, but it does get to me. I provide a lot of love and fun to the kiddos but there was a situation I think I'm worrying way too much it.
Perhaps I asked for it too, looking back, probably not the best thing to do.
My 3 yr old I "wrapped up"(like a present) in his favorite blanket and tied a bow on him (this was a sparkly sash around his body with his arms against him but he could easily get out - don't worry very loose).
Well, the 4 yr old wanted this too and so we took turns "wrapping" each other up like presents. Well, when the 4 yr old dcg's mom arrived she loudly shouted "She was tying me up!". She was happy but still, it just sounds wrong. I told the mom what we were doing and all seems fine, but I know how some parents choose not to believe the provider and then get nervous.Comment
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I said that to a mom at conferences a couple weeks ago.
My most difficult family said that they'd asked their child about me, and all the child had said over and over was "No means no!"
It still bothers me, because I've never said that, to any of the kids and really, as much time as I spend with this kid, that's all they could come up with??Comment
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I've had a mom "confront" me over her 2.5 year old telling her that I spanked her. Mom came in all angry asking me, in front of other DCPs at drop-off!, "Lil Miss says you spanked her! How dare you?!" I asked, "Are you serious? I spanked her? When??" DCM decided to get very loud and replied, "Yesterday after breakfast. She said you spanked her and made her lay down on the cot until it was time for me to pick her up!" I started laughing. How absurd does that sound?! Finally, one of the other moms said: "Didn't you have the food lady here yesterday?" because she dropped off late and I was able to make the introduction. Why, yes, I did. While Lil Miss played very noisily in the imagination station corner with the rest of the toddlers... and spanked the toy doll while saying, "didn't. i. tell. you. not. to. spill. that. cup. again. lil. miss????" Bwahaha! She didn't appreciate me sharing that part of the day with her and the rest of the eavesdropping parents. DCM never confronted me again!Angelique
Mother of 4, stepmother to 3, foster mom (of none, currently), back at it again! Large license, and almost full!Comment
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I had an accusatory e-mail masked as concern very recently. The child said, "X hurts their arm every day at ____'s home." and the Mom said she did not know what to think about this. :confused: We have children occasionally hurt their arms in very normal ways, but not the same child and not daily. I couldn't quite tell if it was meant as a "you hurt a child" e-mail or a "you are neglectful for not noticing" e-mail. Neither could my husband who is still steaming. The end of the e-mail turned back to being light-hearted with a "just a heads up."Comment
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I wonder...because the other day when dcb's mom got here he ran up to her and announced, "Miss silver called me stupid!"
My jaw dropped and I scolded him that I had not, and would never, call him stupid. Mom's jaw dropped and she said the same thing to him.
But i've had a few other stories come back from varies dcks...and a couple from DD...
I should put in my contract, "I won't believe everything I hear about home if you don't believe everything you hear about daycare!"Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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That just cracked met up! :
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There's another video of him 4-5 years later watching himself. He's still a cutie:
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