What Are Your Pet Peeves?

[sharlan]

Lack of communication. I have one parent that always shows up later than expected. If I tell her she has to be here at a certain time because we are going somewhere she does because I tell her 15 mins before everyone else.

Clothes that are way too big or way too small. Shoes the child can't walk in. Socks that don't match. The last one really drives me nuts.

Parents that try to put me in the middle of their drama.

[preschoolteacher]

One-piece outfits that snap all the way open/closed up the inside of the legs. I had a potty-training 2 year old come here wearing something like this with like a million snaps, I swear. The child was changed into some of my son's sweatpants for that day. I would much rather be talking and playing with the kids than spending time at every diaper change/potty session snapping all those snaps!

[Meyou]

"Sally seems a little tired this morning. Call me if you think she needs to come home!"

If you need to say this sentence I don't want your child here.

[melilley]

"Sally seems a little tired this morning. Call me if you think she needs to come home!"

If you need to say this sentence I don't want your child here.

or "L had a rough night".

[Laurel]

Providers who complain about things parents do when it is their own fault for not following their own policies. (And I am no exception! )

How many times have a I complained to my provider friends when the problem could just be solved if I would have laid down the law?

Now I'm feeling mad at myself! ::

Laurel

[Stepping]

When the dcparents don't shut the door - I am either trying to heat this place up or cool it down so SHUT. THE. DOOR.

Also dcparents who step off of the entry rug with their wet feet and get the floor wet/dirty/muddy. I have babies (their babies sometimes) crawling through that.

Me too! I even put down an extra rug and one dcd just walked right around it leaving mud, snow, slush all over the floor. My kids know to stamp and wipe their feet before entering, grown ups should too!

I also have to add:
People with no manners. Please, thank you, you're welcome, holding doors etc. they cost nothing but say so much about a person.

[caregiver]

Wow! I can relate to almost everyone here. I guess my pet peeve is parents not disciplining,not teaching manners,dressing the kids in too small clothes or layering on clothes, like putting tights on a 2 yr old then putting legging over and then a little skirt. It's a pain to change diapers with all that. Also when parents will say something like"he/she wouldn't let me",as parents let their child tell them what to do.
I also have a pet peeve with parents wanting their child, say at age 1-2 yrs old, to know so much and be the smartest,come on, the child is only 1-2, let them be a child for awhile and let them play like a child and not have to know everything,like how to read, write their name and know another language,they will learn that soon enough.
I had a dcm, who wanted me to teach her 1 yr-old how to read,the child could hardly talk yet,didn't say many words and I was supposed to teach him to read, sorry no way at only 1 yr of age and not talking much. He had just started to walk then also,sometimes would still crawl, but yet he was supposed to know how to read!

[TaylorTots]

Pet peeves...

-Parents wanting to small talk about unimportant life stuff when I had their dck ready to go as they walked in the door.

-DCKs that ask for something when I am obviously doing it. (Like I have a dcg who always asks me for her white milk as I am pouring it or a straw as I am reaching in to get it etc)

[mountainside13]

Providers who complain about things parents do when it is their own fault for not following their own policies. (And I am no exception! )

How many times have a I complained to my provider friends when the problem could just be solved if I would have laid down the law?

Now I'm feeling mad at myself! ::

Laurel

It is my fault!! I say I will learn and be like a lot of you on here in about 5 years. Until then this forum helps vent my frustrations of not being able to stand up : awe, one day!!!

[Laurel]

It is my fault!! I say I will learn and be like a lot of you on here in about 5 years. Until then this forum helps vent my frustrations of not being able to stand up : awe, one day!!!

Haha!

[Happily_wed]

Parents who not only allow their kids to do anything they want but tell them (and everyone else) how cute they are when they misbehave! The daycare providers, Sunday school teachers, teachers, bus drivers, police officers, etc who have to deal with them later on will NOT think their behavior is cute!

Parents who lie to me. I am not stupid and I can spot a liar a mile away!

As far as dc kids go....

Smart mouthing me

Acting/talking like a baby when you are 2, 3, 4 or older!

[KidGrind]

When someone wonderful on this forum shares a bit of their DCL or vent & then starts a new thread about the same situation. I would’ve read the update on the original thread.

[daycare]

unrealistic threats. like if you say that again, I'll tie you to the hood of the car...........................

I guess this could also qualify as bad parenting..

[Bookworm]

DC related: parents who don't put shorts or leggings in dresses that are clearly too small. Parents that don't pay attention to any notes posted. Slack and lazy coworkers. Wait, did I mention slack and lazy coworkers?

Non DC related: late people, people who walk slow in front of me, and people with no knowledge of grocery store etiquette.

[melilley]

I had a dcm, who wanted me to teach her 1 yr-old how to read,the child could hardly talk yet,didn't say many words and I was supposed to teach him to read, sorry no way at only 1 yr of age and not talking much. He had just started to walk then also,sometimes would still crawl, but yet he was supposed to know how to read!

Ugh! I have that mom. I had her 3 yo and I currently have her 1.5 yo. When the 1.5 yo turned about 1 she told me that he should be able to know how to share and should know about 100 words because the 3 yo. did at that age....whatever! Lies.
The 1.5 doesn't say barely anything. She pushed the 3 yo so hard (when he was 2) that I felt so bad for him. I learned not to tell her things that he did that normal children do at that age because she would turn it into something that an older child should be doing, not his age.