Really???

[My3cents]

I have one dcd that will sit in my driveway to finish his work calls . He ( and I) would rather sit here to finish work than to be late for pick up . But then he discussed it with me first to make sure I was o.k. with it, I wish all my parents would have this level of communication.

he got the ok from you first.

Come the end of the day my kids are ready to transition. This wouldn't work for me. I want the parents to pull in and pick the kids up and then pull out and go home or wherever. Don't sit in my driveway any longer then it takes to get your child into the car buckled etc.... My driveway is not a phone booth

[Blackcat31]

::::::You are secretly my daughter. :::::: You are, aren't you?:::::: Admit it ::::::

Not unless you gave birth in REALLY young!

I could be your long lost sister though... I am actually older than most people think.

I just never lost my ability to be immature when REALLY necessary. ::

[SignMeUp]

Not unless you gave birth in REALLY young!

I could be your long lost sister though... I am actually older than most people think.

I just never lost my ability to be immature when REALLY necessary. ::

I always say that I am having my childhood now. It's something about working with kids that keeps me young, I think I was quite serious as a child Hmm. We could have an age-guessing contest

[Mom of 4]

Forgetting a child story- BIZARRE!

I once had a mother who seemed REALLY cool. Paid on time, always was polite, followed contract to a "t", etc.

I got a job offer, so gave my 1 month notice of termination, down to the date and explanation of the new job, thanking them for the opportunity to get to know and love their children, etc.

So...this one particularly weird day about a month after I had already closed my child care, I'm at work at my new job, a neighbor contacts me via text to "call her" immediately, so I do.

She tells me the dad is at her door to pick up his child, panicking. He couldn't remember where the child was supposed to be and instead of thinking for a minute what day it is and contacting the school she goes to,he calls 911, reports the child missing, and accuses me of neglect! Um, WHAT!???!!! The neighbor tells me she remembered that I told her the girl was part of a club Thursdays when I had her, and I hear her relay this to dad who is yelling on the other end. We hang up and so I'm like "great" in my mind...

So...

I finish out my workday, and then I get to the club to pick up my own children, and their child WAS STILL THERE. I worked 35 minutes AWAY at that time.


Dad comes practically right behind me, to pick up his daughter YELLING at me about how him and the mom called the cops, and that I would be in 'big trouble" because I neglected their child forcing them to file a missing person report, and that because I did this 'to them' that they were freaking out and would need counseling and I'm not even sure what was after all that crap...what.ever. I looked him in the eye and said "Um, Joe, I am NOT your child's provider anymore, you KNOW this, so stop playing games and don't speak to me that way again just because YOU forgot YOUR child!" He said the police were going to be citing me with neglect and he leaves.

Of course you ALL know, no police ever even contacted me, let alone cited me. I did NOTHING wrong. In fact, according to the neighbor, she gets a PHONE call from them (she was originally my backup provider, so all the parents had her #) yelling at her stating he got some sort of fine for what happened and that he would make ME pay it! Um, NO. I did not forget anyone's child EVER, in the over 10 years I had done child care. NOT ONCE! I certainly did not forget his child. HE is the dumb000 forgot his own child and instead of owning up to it, went nutzo!

Then the MOM attempts to text me the next morning after the incident, stating that she and her hubby couldn't believe I forgot the child and she was disappointed and a whole bunch of other rambling stuff! I said in my text "Hard to forget a child that's not enrolled in my care, and YOU are her parents, where is YOUR responsibility here!?" She never responded to that and that was the last I ever heard from this couple. IDk what crawled up their rear ends, but seriously, this was BY FAR the most bizzare situation I have EVER run into.

[FluffyGrandma]

That is bizarre. Sounds to me like maybe they had done something wrong they where trying to pin on you, to cover their own rears.