Early Parent Pickups - How to Deal

[Thriftylady]

"Hello Mrs. XXX. Here is your child and every other child you woke up in the process, have a nice afternoon I will tell their parents they can find their child having a great afternoon at your house".

Ok not really but it would be nice sometimes LOL

[Unregistered]

Oh no you didn't!

Absolutely IGNORANT comment about being glorified babysitter. Hmmm let me think about everything I TEACH EVERYDAY! How to use the bathroom, how to wash hands, how to play NICELY with others, patience, kindness, self-regulation, skills to build a lifetime of learning success, table manners, I could go on forever. Thank you for trying to damage and insult people who work HARDER...yes HARDER than you do as a "teacher". You probably get breaks and don't work over 40 hrs a week and have tons of coworkers and a director to back you up. We are a one man show and some of us do damn fine job and deserve YOUR respect and the respect of the families we work with. This post was not about the disruption of an early pick up (we put up with that stuff EVERYDAY). This was about a DCM not being a team player and treating DCP like a babysitter.

I'm sorry but don't babysitters come to your house, barely supervise your children, have their eyes glued to their cell phone, eat your food and likely contribute to a mess at your house.

Don't you dare call us babysitters. We work really freakin hard and if I wanna complain about a DCM who more than once stops in LATE with a fresh pedicure and tries to beg me not to charge her a late fee when she gets done work every day 3hrs before I close...I have every right. Your time is not more valuable than mine and if you disrespect that I'm gonna need to deal with it. And I MIGHT just need to talk to other providers about it to make sure I don't lose my cool and do something unprofessional.

[Thriftylady]

Absolutely IGNORANT comment about being glorified babysitter. Hmmm let me think about everything I TEACH EVERYDAY! How to use the bathroom, how to wash hands, how to play NICELY with others, patience, kindness, self-regulation, skills to build a lifetime of learning success, table manners, I could go on forever. Thank you for trying to damage and insult people who work HARDER...yes HARDER than you do as a "teacher". You probably get breaks and don't work over 40 hrs a week and have tons of coworkers and a director to back you up. We are a one man show and some of us do damn fine job and deserve YOUR respect and the respect of the families we work with. This post was not about the disruption of an early pick up (we put up with that stuff EVERYDAY). This was about a DCM not being a team player and treating DCP like a babysitter.

I'm sorry but don't babysitters come to your house, barely supervise your children, have their eyes glued to their cell phone, eat your food and likely contribute to a mess at your house.

Don't you dare call us babysitters. We work really freakin hard and if I wanna complain about a DCM who more than once stops in LATE with a fresh pedicure and tries to beg me not to charge her a late fee when she gets done work every day 3hrs before I close...I have every right. Your time is not more valuable than mine and if you disrespect that I'm gonna need to deal with it. And I MIGHT just need to talk to other providers about it to make sure I don't lose my cool and do something unprofessional.

See that is my idea of a "babysitter". I hate being called a "babysitter". I tell people I was a "babysitter" when I was in HS, went to the kids home, supervised the kids but had no experience really because I was not a parent or grandparent, had taken no classes except for CPR and first aid. I took care of and played with the kids, maybe watched TV with them. I fed them, put them to bed and then spent the rest of the evening on my homework, sometimes fell asleep on the sofa doing it. I do far more than that now. I try to teach something daily, we sing, we do arts and crafts. I do so much now as a "Daycare provider" that I never did as a "babysitter".

[Unregistered]

Hmmm I don't hv a degree however all of my kids are straight A students, started school ahead of their classmates and have never attended preschool. I guess that makes me one hell of a teacher.

[Unregistered]

We have signs posted that there is NO DROP OFF between 12 and 2 pm, they can come and pick up their children whenever they want. MOST parents wait until after nap to get their children.

[Unregistered]

Absolutely IGNORANT comment about being glorified babysitter. Hmmm let me think about everything I TEACH EVERYDAY! How to use the bathroom, how to wash hands, how to play NICELY with others, patience, kindness, self-regulation, skills to build a lifetime of learning success, table manners, I could go on forever. Thank you for trying to damage and insult people who work HARDER...yes HARDER than you do as a "teacher". You probably get breaks and don't work over 40 hrs a week and have tons of coworkers and a director to back you up. We are a one man show and some of us do damn fine job and deserve YOUR respect and the respect of the families we work with. This post was not about the disruption of an early pick up (we put up with that stuff EVERYDAY). This was about a DCM not being a team player and treating DCP like a babysitter.

I'm sorry but don't babysitters come to your house, barely supervise your children, have their eyes glued to their cell phone, eat your food and likely contribute to a mess at your house.

Don't you dare call us babysitters. We work really freakin hard and if I wanna complain about a DCM who more than once stops in LATE with a fresh pedicure and tries to beg me not to charge her a late fee when she gets done work every day 3hrs before I close...I have every right. Your time is not more valuable than mine and if you disrespect that I'm gonna need to deal with it. And I MIGHT just need to talk to other providers about it to make sure I don't lose my cool and do something unprofessional.

And I have every right to feel the way that I do, say what I want to say and comment what I want to comment as well as you have every right to complain. If I want to complain, I can complain as well as I did. If you don't like it ok, cool, keep it moving, thanks! I really am not concerned to go back and forth as a lot of others, but you said it just right you have every right. Well I do too. If you don't like it, oh well, I will still continue to feel as I do.

[Blackcat31]

enough already...

And I have every right to feel the way that I do, say what I want to say and comment what I want to comment as well as you have every right to complain. If I want to complain, I can complain as well as I did. If you don't like it ok, cool, keep it moving, thanks! I really am not concerned to go back and forth as a lot of others, but you said it just right you have every right. Well I do too. If you don't like it, oh well, I will still continue to feel as I do.

...we get it, you have an opinion.

For someone who doesn't want to go back and forth about it, you are sure doing a good job of it.

You are also misinformed about your rights....you DO have a right to an opinion but you do not have a right to continue expressing here it in such an unhelpful manner.

Its easy to come here and dump on the providers or post antagonizing remarks as unregistered.

The owner of this site allows for unregistered users to comment here but if you continue to act in a non-constructive manner, I will block further comments from you at my discretion.

If you want to register and provide constructive advice, support and information you are more than welcome to. Otherwise, let it go.

We got it already.
You think we are glorified babysitters.
You think everyone complains and
You are better than us.

Got it.

[AmyLeigh]

Back on topic...

If I were to be in your situation, I would have said to dcm:

"Little Johnny isn't quite done napping yet. He should be up in about a half hour. So take a few minutes for yourself and chill. I'll let you know when he's up. A well rested mommy and a well rested baby will make for an enjoyable evening. See you later!"

All of my dcm's would love to receive a message like this.

[MarinaVanessa]

I'm curious how this all turned out. Did you two discuss things afterwards and squash it or is there still some awkwardness?

[Indoorvoice]

Op here! I actually dropped it with dcm and decided to talk to her about it only if she brought it up or if it became an issue again . I had the plan in place to have dcb all ready to go and waiting at the door if others were still sleeping and go from there. Today was another early pick up day for her. She texted me at 3:15 and asked if everyone was up and if she could come get dcb by 3:30! So it must have sunk in for her and everything went smoothly. As always I appreciate the helpful advice because now I have a plan in place and dcm doesn't feel like I'm keeping her child from her. A win for everyone involved!

[Blackcat31]

Op here! I actually dropped it with dcm and decided to talk to her about it only if she brought it up or if it became an issue again . I had the plan in place to have dcb all ready to go and waiting at the door if others were still sleeping and go from there. Today was another early pick up day for her. She texted me at 3:15 and asked if everyone was up and if she could come get dcb by 3:30! So it must have sunk in for her and everything went smoothly. As always I appreciate the helpful advice because now I have a plan in place and dcm doesn't feel like I'm keeping her child from her. A win for everyone involved!

[sharlan]

According to Merriam Webster -


Full Definition of TEACHER


1: one that teaches; especially : one whose occupation is to instruct

Don't we instruct all day long?