Coming Out Of The Woodwork

[childcaremom]

I make sure my husband is around to keep my kids upstairs or outside the entire time. This was not always the case, and I do feel like I may have lost a few potential clients because my kids like to put on a show during my interviews. In reality they probably chose another daycare for different reasons, but in my mind my kids' trying to be the center of my attention was all that stuck out to me.

Now I give my kids a speech at least twice before an interview, ending with "do not show your face for any reason unless there is a fire or someone is seriously hurt!"

I should say my kids are usually well behaved, but you know how it goes!

This is my routine, as well, although often my husband isn't home so I have my chat that I am busy WORKING and that they are to behave. My kids are older (youngest is 6) so it is much easier to make sure they are occupied,or even better, playing outside. If I have to step in to control a potential outbreak, I just use that as an opportunity to show how I do handle conflicts within a daycare.

[Play Care]

Now I give my kids a speech at least twice before an interview, ending with "do not show your face for any reason unless there is a fire or someone is seriously hurt!"

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I did this when my kids were at *that* age I would put a movie in upstairs and let them watch if DH couldn't be here.

My oldest is 9 (today!happyface ) and the last interview I had she actually landed for mehappyface The girl will start in September and still asks her mom if she can come and play with my daughter when they drive through town::

[sugar buzz]

I remember at the end of one interview, the DCM seeing my oldest daughter and asking her: "Do you love having babies at your house?" Without missing a beat, she replied: "No!" ::

[cheerfuldom]

I remember at the end of one interview, the DCM seeing my oldest daughter and asking her: "Do you love having babies at your house?" Without missing a beat, she replied: "No!" ::

ha ha! little stinker

The reason I don't have my kids around for interviews is 1. so they don't misbehave trying to get attention or whatever and 2. so that daycare parents know they are interviewing ME as a caregiver (and I them) but not my children as potential playmates for their kids. My kids are not part of the deal.....three of the four will be in school this fall, they have friends and activities outside of the daycare, they go to grandmas house or out with Dad all the time or do other things that the daycare kids are not included on. I don't want daycare parents to get the idea that my kids are part of the deal. I don't promise everyone to be friends, I don't introduce my kids, it may be weeks till a daycare parent even sees or meets all of my kids. They are not a part of the deal and I dont present them as such. The ONE interview that I broke my own rule on and had my kids here, the daycare child fell in love with my kids and now, two years later, I still have issues with mom and dad commenting on the kids' friendship, where is so and so, DCG brought a favorite toy and wants so and so to see it, when is so and so going to be home from school......gah! still regretting that interview. I also don't provide daycare for any family whose child is already friends with one of my kids! recipe for disaster....especially if the kids grow out of the friendship.

[KIDZRMYBIZ]

It is getting harder. I wonder if child care can really continue as before because of how high the percentage of behavioral disorders in parents.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That is awesome!

[KIDZRMYBIZ]

My kids are older now, and they do not want to be any part of my interviewing anymore, but when they were younger I would have to remind them that they did not need to share any of our personal information with them. They would sometimes talk about something we own or a vacation we took, and the potential clients would look at me like I really am a financial rapist - you know how anyone on the outside can only see the money that comes in and not realize how expensive it is to run a daycare - and comment how they are certainly in the wrong business.

We are very smart with our money. That's it.

[Play Care]

ha ha! little stinker

The reason I don't have my kids around for interviews is 1. so they don't misbehave trying to get attention or whatever and 2. so that daycare parents know they are interviewing ME as a caregiver (and I them) but not my children as potential playmates for their kids. My kids are not part of the deal.....three of the four will be in school this fall, they have friends and activities outside of the daycare, they go to grandmas house or out with Dad all the time or do other things that the daycare kids are not included on. I don't want daycare parents to get the idea that my kids are part of the deal. I don't promise everyone to be friends, I don't introduce my kids, it may be weeks till a daycare parent even sees or meets all of my kids. They are not a part of the deal and I dont present them as such. The ONE interview that I broke my own rule on and had my kids here, the daycare child fell in love with my kids and now, two years later, I still have issues with mom and dad commenting on the kids' friendship, where is so and so, DCG brought a favorite toy and wants so and so to see it, when is so and so going to be home from school......gah! still regretting that interview. I also don't provide daycare for any family whose child is already friends with one of my kids! recipe for disaster....especially if the kids grow out of the friendship.

Absolutely! When my kids were young I did the same thing. Now they are older it's pretty much a given they won't be involved in day care. I have even started weeding out SA kids because of it...
With this new family, moms a teacher so she gets it. She has told her 3 yo that my dd won't be here when she's here, etc.