I Think I Might Understand Now...

[Cradle2crayons]

I don't mind so much if the parent does it once in a blue moon and is honest about it. But I have one mom who always has to tell me that she loves spending time with her kids and she never uses a babysitter and she can't stand how other parents do things without their children. Yet every storm and holiday she is trying to get me to watch her child! She claims she needs to spend time with her other child or needs to get things done. I'm a parent too and I understand that she needs this but I don't need the whole show that goes along to cover her quilt.

I have a parent like this too. She has three kids. And she can't even manage to go to the gas station with her kids. She constantly wants to stop and run errands at midnight in the way home from work because she doesn't want to take he kids. I tell her " I'm sorry, but if I can take 7 kids everywhere with me, you can take three"

Of course, I don't mind the occasional thing or something like a dr appointment etc. I don't get down time but I understand the need for it. But. If you CHOOSE to have three kids, you should learn to stop and get a loaf of bread with three kids ya no??

I took six additional kids to my daughters basketball practice last night. And I had five additional kids at my daughters and sins basketball games every Saturday.. I get it. I do. But I do contracted hours for a reason.

[CraftyMom]

I have a parent like this too. She has three kids. And she can't even manage to go to the gas station with her kids. She constantly wants to stop and run errands at midnight in the way home from work because she doesn't want to take he kids. I tell her " I'm sorry, but if I can take 7 kids everywhere with me, you can take three"

She wants you to take her kids at midnight? Confused, you must do night care?:confused:

[Cradle2crayons]

She wants you to take her kids at midnight? Confused, you must do night care?:confused:

I do day evening and night care. Contracted only for work shifts. Sometimes I have the two smaller ones from 10:30 am until she gets off work at closing somewhere between 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm.

The mom of the other three I normally have fir from 3:30 pm until midnight when she gets off work. The boy stays overnight Friday night in my sons room because he plays basketball with my son and their games are at 8:00 am on Saturday mornings and the mom is too lazy to get up and take him to his ball games. I also sponsored him and paid for his fee to play ball because she didn't supposedly have the money. Then she brings the two girls in Saturdays usually at 12:30 pm and they get picked up at midnight thirty. And I have he other two on Saturdays also. Then Sundays I get all the kids about 11:30 pm until closing Sunday night about 11:00 pm.

So yes, to answer your question, I watch days, evenings, and nights any day of the week for contracted care only.

[blandino]

I have a parent like this too. She has three kids. And she can't even manage to go to the gas station with her kids. She constantly wants to stop and run errands at midnight in the way home from work because she doesn't want to take he kids. I tell her " I'm sorry, but if I can take 7 kids everywhere with me, you can take three"

My assistant has a sister like this. She has 2 kids, 18 months apart. And can't even manage to take them both to the store.

[TwinKristi]

Ha! I remember seeing my friend shopping alone at Costco right before Thanksgiving while her sister babysat and I was 9mos pregnant and had 4 kids with me (8,8,3 & 1) and it was like you really can't handle 2??

[Sunshine74]

My assistant has a sister like this. She has 2 kids, 18 months apart. And can't even manage to take them both to the store.

My mom always says that she can't understand how we have parents who can't handle their one child at a store. She always says, "When your sister was born" (I am the oldest) "I had three of you 5 and under, and we went everywhere."

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

It is sad, right? I have a child like that here, too, and they have been here over 1.5 years and have kept the child home a grand total of 5 times due to illness. They got mad at me when their child was ill two weeks in a row (each Friday). :confused: They have one child and always tell me how much they got done without him home. Then I have parents who come the minute they get off of work, they are happy to keep them home with them on holidays, etc.

Yeah, I've had my fair share of "those" types of parents too....

If only we could have that perfect group of parents but sadly it seems there is always going to be "that one" that has to be different huh?

Always always always.

[sunlight]

It used to really irritate me when parents did this when I was first starting out in child care. IT's been 12 years now and I deal with it a bit better. A couple of the kids I care for are absolutely amazing! They are the very best behaved, have exceptional manners, helpful etc! There parents seem like they don't want anything to do with them. It absolutely breaks my heart! One little girl who will be 3 in May and has been with me since 3 months old had a flu bug a couple of weeks ago. Her mom texted me at 5am letting me know the little girl was up all night vomiting and wouldn't be at daycare. By 10am the dad texted me saying she was doing better and wanted to know if he could drop her off at 12 noon? I was shocked. I told them no the policy is 24 hour vomit free. Same thing happens with the little boy. Mom usually hangs out with the 7 year old daughter but just can't seem to want to be with her little boy. I once said he is so good why don't you want to bring him along with his sister? Instantly I felt like I put my foot in my mouth. The look of guilt across her face and the excuses that followed. I just couldn't help myself though. Naughty me!

These are the times I really feel that our jobs are so very important. We aren't just watching kids. We are in fact raising peoples kids. They are learning EVERYTHING they know from US. That's a big responsibility. But, I really love what I do and really love these kiddos so I keep on going. It just shows me that there are lots of different kinds of people in this world.