Least favorite age to work with?

[Cat Herder]

What is your least favorite age to work with and why?

This is not about what age you won't keep. Just which one is the most difficult for you individually.

We all have a favorite, but have you thought about what is our least favorite??

For fun and thought.... Poll will not give usernames. Multiple choices allowed.

[KiddieCahoots]

Birth to 1yr.
I love to start with babies and feel they can mesh more easily into the routine of the daycare as they get older, but..... I am very active and always on the go, and sitting with the babes gets me all claustrophobic feeling after a while.

[Cat Herder]

I'll go first. :::: KiddieCahoots beat me.. You go girl!!!

3 year olds. The regression, the talking back, the defiance, the arguing, non-stop animal noises, the bullying/exclusion phases.... it wears me out.

Can I handle it, sure... but I feel it at the end of the day. ::::

[daycarediva]

4's. They're louder, wilder, mouthier, harder to entertain and USUALLY screen addicts.

I love 2's and 3's.

[Play Care]

So, since I didn't read the directions , I didn't realize I could have multiple choices...

I am NOT an infant provider. I have a 6 month old now, and he is sweet, but WORK. And of course he's on his own schedule, which usually is opposite of what everyone else is on
I am NOT a school aged provider. I have two SA boys currently and I'm trying to find a way to get out of providing care. Rough, smart mouthed, and the WORDS and SASS they bring home from recess and the bus. Lord, give me strength!!!::
Give me toddlers and preschoolers (I was a preschool teacher in a former life:: )

[daycarediva]

So, since I didn't read the directions , I didn't realize I could have multiple choices...

I am NOT an infant provider. I have a 6 month old now, and he is sweet, but WORK. And of course he's on his own schedule, which usually is opposite of what everyone else is on
I am NOT a school aged provider. I have two SA boys currently and I'm trying to find a way to get out of providing care. Rough, smart mouthed, and the WORDS and SASS they bring home from recess and the bus. Lord, give me strength!!!::
Give me toddlers and preschoolers (I was a preschool teacher in a former life:: )

This too.

I'm SUPER SELECTIVE about my sa. I don't take infants at all, ever.

[Blackcat31]

There was no option for age 25-35.

Just young enough to still have a bit of a rose tint left in their glasses but old enough to start realizing the difference between the little things and the big things.

[Blackcat31]

REAL answer

Birth to age 1

NOT my cup of tea.

Personally, I don't like the neediness of that age.

[Country Kids]

Birth to 18 months/2 years. Its not that its a least favorite age but the hardest for me to work with due to having a preschool. Maybe if I just had two children this age and no others it would be fine.

I enjoy all the other ages because of their ever changing personalities, stages, speech, ability to do things, etc.

[nannyde]

I prefer babies. The younger the better.

[jenboo]

I love birth- 1 and I love 4 yr olds.
Not a fan of 2-3 yr olds (I have 5 of these in boy version right now) and once that 5 th birthday comes, I'm done!!

[melilley]

3 year olds for sure!!! They have always been the most difficult age to work with, even when I worked in a center (only a select few wanted to work in the 3 year old room). My reasons are the same as CatHerder mentioned.

With the exception of one period of time, I have always been a lead infant or toddler teacher in the centers that I worked before opening my in home and love that age. I have rarely worked with sa children and do not provide care for that age group.

[Indoorvoice]

I love, love, love babies and young toddlers! I want to throw my own 4 year old out the window right now.

[Baby Beluga]

I love, love, love babies and young toddlers! I want to throw my own 4 year old out the window right now.

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[Silly Songs]

I chose 5and up. That is for a group though. One at that age I would tolerate, but they always argue with one another. I like 3`s the best.