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Ok, last day of the week this week because I am taking tomorrow off. We wake up to freezing rain, and an inch of ice on the ground. No travel advised. No sanding being done yet. Reports of multiple accidents on the hill that goes to my house. I report all of this to my daycare families and they ALL show up anyways!!! One ended up in the ditch at the bottom of the hill unable to get out IN A TRUCK!!! They had to call a tow truck to get them out!!! It is supposed to snow soon, on top of the ice!! Then I find out, THEY ARE GOING HOME!!! To bake!!!! Are you flipping kidding me! I charge $19 a day!!! Is it really worth risking your life and the lives of your children to come out on a day like this?! OMG! REALLY?!?!?!?
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yes they will do anything not to spend time with their kids sad but trueComment
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Incredible
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They are getting PAID for their days off and they still bring their kids here! I told them that with the snow coming, if the kids are here past 5 PM tonight, I am going to charge $5 a minute to be here! They all left them anyways!!!Comment
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Doesn't surprise me - if it was the end of the world tomorrow - all my daycare kids would be here.
I have all my kids today - Three Moms and Dads are off this entire week. I even gave FREE days but they still sent them.Comment
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wow, that's incredible. Incredibly stupid of the parents, that is. Next time, if I were you, I would just out and out close--that's dangerous.
Of course, part of me wishes we had that weather here. We were supposed to be getting snow tomorrow and it went and changed.
Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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I am not surprised. Just crazy! All I have to say is if they are at home baking cookies they darn sure better be there to pick them up at 1700 hours or they would be toast in my book!!! No excuse to be late when they are not at work.
I dont know your situation but if your parents always bring the kids no matter what I would consider putting more paid holidays or days off in your contract. Just to get some piece of mind.Comment
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I'm not surprised either. Its pretty crazy what some people will attempt for a kid free day.Comment
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Ugh...I'm not surprised. I was closed one day last week (I close when school closes) and ALL of my children showed up. I turned them all away...
. I had one parent actually still try and get her daughter out of the car, saying, "well, the school closes for everything". Uhhh...I don't care. It's my rule. Now go home and stop risking your child's safety.
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Yup and if you are going to do daycare you HAVE to either cancel the business or just let it go.
I have a neighbor across the street who is in the process of adopting a toddler. When we met they talked to me about my child care. The VERY first thing I thought of when they brought it up was NO WAY... I can't even imagine what it would be like to be across the street from a dcp who brought their kid over in the middle of a blizzard and was home all day long. Experience tell me that the knowledge of what their life would be like after taking a toddler and having it be SO much harder than they could have ever dreamed and how they would get the first taste of FREEDOM by having child care would pretty much guarantee that they won't spend a single day home with the kid when they could have childcare a few steps away. I couldn't sit across the street and watch them at home.
Your post is funny but there's an element of it that is just pure truth. It's really becoming increasingly difficult to find parents that value TIME with their kid. I can promise you that not a single one of them had even a twitch of discontent or feeling of remorse for doing it. It's a parenting norm now.Comment
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If you've read where I've said this before, I apologize. I think I've posted it several times, but it rings true with this thread, so I'm gonna say it again.
I have a family who bring their kids NO MATTER WHAT. I charge a flat rate whether they are here or not, so they "want to get their money's worth" and bring them even if they have a day off.
Mom is off this week, but the kids have come at 7:30 sharp and are not picked up till 5:30 sharp. Yesterday she told them she'd come at 4:00, so I had the kids get ready. They sat waiting till 4:15 and I texted her and played dumb and said "I'm so scatterbrained.... what time did you say you'd pick up? I want to have them ready." She replied "I need 30 more minutes, so I'll see you at 5:00." (It was 4:15 - in my book, 30 min would be 4:45, but whatever...) So she came at 5:15. Wow, 15 min early! Especially when she told them 4:00 and the 7 yr old boy was really disappointed because he wanted to play with neighbor kids if he got home early.
The dad has every-other Friday off, but the kids come for 10 hours as usual. Mom will take a day off on a whim, but kids are here 10 hours. Mom will get off early for whatever reason, but kids are picked up at 5:30. I know I'm getting paid either way, so that's not the point. The point is how sad it is that these kids have parents who do everything they can NOT to spend time with their kids. Another part of it is that they could think of me FOR ONCE and pick up a little early to give me a bonus. I do a LOT for these kids, but she shows no appreciation. All the other parents gave me a Christmas gift and I gave all the families a gift. Have done it every year and I've had this partciular family for over 6 years. However, she never gives a gift.
The whole thing just makes me sad. Ok, and pissed off!! There... I said it!!Comment
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I had to get a girl up today from her nap early, because mom said she would be here at 1:30 to pick up...its an hour later and she still isnt here..this dcg has been waiting for an hour and was so excited her mommy was picking up early....Its so sad. Makes me sick. Im about to call her and go off. I moved my christmas party up a day because she was supposed to be leaving today at 12:00 - then it turned into 1:30 and now its who the hell knows when..
( Her mom is off today - at home baking )Comment
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I can not imagine not spending every chance I got with my kids! I worked for a month after I had my daughter (after my maternity leave), and I cried each and every day as I left her. I came home every 2 hours to feed her because I breastfed and she wouldn't take a bottle. Thank goodness my employer understood! But I couldn't take being away from her so I quit and became a stay at home mom. Of course, I understand wanting a break, especially after having three kids. But I wouldn't use my daycare as my way of getting a day off! That is what grandparents/aunts and uncles/friends are for! And I don't take a DAY off! I may make a date night with my hubby, but thats about it! I know these times of them being small are so very limited, I am going to soak in every moment I can get! I just wish all parents felt that way!::::::::
Yup and if you are going to do daycare you HAVE to either cancel the business or just let it go.
I have a neighbor across the street who is in the process of adopting a toddler. When we met they talked to me about my child care. The VERY first thing I thought of when they brought it up was NO WAY... I can't even imagine what it would be like to be across the street from a dcp who brought their kid over in the middle of a blizzard and was home all day long. Experience tell me that the knowledge of what their life would be like after taking a toddler and having it be SO much harder than they could have ever dreamed and how they would get the first taste of FREEDOM by having child care would pretty much guarantee that they won't spend a single day home with the kid when they could have childcare a few steps away. I couldn't sit across the street and watch them at home.
Your post is funny but there's an element of it that is just pure truth. It's really becoming increasingly difficult to find parents that value TIME with their kid. I can promise you that not a single one of them had even a twitch of discontent or feeling of remorse for doing it. It's a parenting norm now.Comment
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I have great parents who want to spend all their time with their kids. I have a rule that no kid is to be picked up before 3pm so that we all follow a schedule together. Well one of my parents begged me to let her pick up at 1:30 because she's home from work by then and really wanted to spend time with her kid before nap and follow their own routine at home. So she's the only exception to the 3pm rule. I have another kid who's parents pay for full time but she's here only 2 to 3 days a week and her mom occasionally asks to pick her up earlier than 3 as well.Celebrate! :
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