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I thought this would be fun to place on here all the funny things we have been asked by parents- I thought I have been asked and heard it all in 7 yrs. but here is a new one- I have a new parent- 1st time Mom ask- Can I ask what you do with daycare boy(her infant son 3 months old) when you are cooking lunch for all the other children here? Good thing she emailed it to me- instead of asking me that an interview- I would have laughed at her- ohh,I felt like asking her what do you do when you are cooking? Or do you think that is all I have to do in a day is cook dinner? Too funny!!!!!!! SOme first time Moms are so much fun!!! NOT!!!!!
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"Can we keep (most special child EVER's name here) away from (most horribly parented and offensive child's name here)? They were mean to him/her yesterday." -
I thought of another thing- I was once told daycare girl was very upset yesterday, because someone was helping her with her backwards E in her name. Can you believe that? It was myself and my 7yr. old daughter. She asked me not to help her again, and believe me we didn't help her with anything ever again! She was actually leaving in a couple of months for Kindergarten!!! I think the Mom should have been grateful I was assisting her daughter with her name, and helping her with alot of different things!!Comment
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This must be a common parent question! Seriously, do parents really think we can keep one child away from another child? And if these two happen to like to be together you really have to laugh at a request like that. With everything else you have to keep an eye on during the day, do they really think you can keep an eye out constantly just to make sure child A doesn't go near child B? And if they do, direct one of them somewhere else? Yeah, maybe if they are the ONLY two children, and then it'd still be pretty difficult to do for the whole day. A few minutes maybe...but the whole day? Not in Daycare!Comment
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I had a mom call me in the evening totally out of the blue who said "You would never forget my son in the hot car, would you?" I had already been watching him for months at this point! I felt like saying "If you feel the need to ask me this question, you obviously do not have any faith in me watching your son. Maybe you should find someone else!"Comment
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What on earth does she think you're going to say to that? It's not as if you'd go "well, sure...don't you?". Haha!Comment
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I had a parent call and ask if I could watch their child 7:30 AM to 1:30 AM (yes, that's 18 hours) Monday through Friday. I clarified, 'You mean...you would pick him up at 1:30 and then drop him off again 6 hours later? All week?' and yes, that is what he meant. I bit my tongue on 'I'm watching other people's kids, not raising them!" and just gave a vague answer about not being equipped to watch kids that late into the night.
I feel really sorry for that kid...Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Of course I told her that absolutely under no circumstances would I ever leave any child in a hot car! Coming from her, I sort of understand a little bit. She is a control freak in every sense of the word, and the fact that she is not able to watch over her son every minute of the day absolutely has her in tears for hours in a week. This call came from her hearing a news story about a child who died in a hot car; and she called me after supposedly crying over the story. She even has her husband paranoid that he's going to leave his son in the car! Even though I sort of understood, it still hurt that she had that little confidence in me to worry that I would leave her son in a hot car.Comment
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My all time favorite periodically comes from one of the kids: 'Where do you work?' or 'How come you don't have a job?'. Makes me smile every time.Comment
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Crazy question
I had a mom come interview with a newborn. My step-daughter, who was 22 at the time, was here visiting from out of state and heard this question too, so I know I'm not just crazy. The mom said, "You don't shake them, do you?" I seriously wanted to laugh, but I knew she was a first-time mom and in her mind, it was a good question! LOL. Well, almost 11 years later, I still have her daughter and love her as if she's my own. I've never had any bad experiences working with this family. My step-daughter, now 33, still occasionally asks (joking, of course) if I've shaken any babies lately.Comment
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I once had a mom call me to ask if I had noticed that it was lightening and thundering out. She wanted to know if I had brought the kids inside or if I was letting them play outside in the storm.Comment
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