How Many Parents Do You "Like"?

[LovetheSun]

From all the families you have enrolled how many do you like and dislike?

It might seems like a odd question but as I am feeling really frustrated, i wondered how many others felt this way and if i should just accept it as part of the job of been a daycare provider. Beside these two, everything would be a bliss.

[Francine]

I only have three families ( 4 kids) right now and can honestly say that I love all of them! Hasn't always been like that though, I have had a couple of Dads that were just creeps and a couple that I just didn't like but for the most part I have been lucky. I live in a smallish town so most of my clients have come from word of mouth, my existing clients no better than to send me any creepers LOL

[Controlled Chaos]

I like all my parents. I only like like a few of them 8 families enrolled and I would hang out at a BBQ with 6 of them. 4 I hope to continue to know once their kids age out. I am also friends with 2 past families who have already aged out. We do dinner occasionally. My kids are daycare age though, so these are my peers. When my kids are older, I wonder if this will still be the case...I guess it will not be.

[Unregistered]

From all the families you have enrolled how many do you like and dislike?

It might seems like a odd question but as I am feeling really frustrated, i wondered how many others felt this way and if i should just accept it as part of the job of been a daycare provider. Beside these two, everything would be a bliss.

Honestly, I used to like all my parents. I have since become a little more business orientated and less interested in parents and their lives outside of business so naturally I've gotten less close to the parents and therefore can't say I like or dislike any of them.
There are a few I think I could probably be friendlier with but it's worked better for me (business wise) to keep it strictly business.

[Josiegirl]

I don't dislike any of them but there are some that make me feel intimidated or awkward. There are some that are easier to talk with than others. The 4 dcfs...I like them all.

[Unregistered]

I like all my parents. I only like like a few of them 8 families enrolled and I would hang out at a BBQ with 6 of them. 4 I hope to continue to know once their kids age out. I am also friends with 2 past families who have already aged out. We do dinner occasionally. My kids are daycare age though, so these are my peers. When my kids are older, I wonder if this will still be the case...I guess it will not be.

My kids are in college. Most, if not all of my daycare parents are younger than my own children. I don't "like" many of them as I can see all the things their parents obviously did not teach them and I don't mean that in a mean way, just that I guess I am experiencing the first wave of "me-parents". It's a rare day any of them want to discuss their children. They all want to talk about themselves.

[LovetheSun]

On 12 families there is just 2 that are giving me a hard time, with both the kid and father are great but I am try to avoid the moms as pick up as they irritate me.

Maybe I am being to spoiled here.

[midaycare]

I like all of them. I am friends with none of them. A few I'm casual FB friends with. There is one I would go out with if the opportunity ever presented itself. But I don't go hunting for that.

[MsLisa]

I like all of them. I am friends with none of them. A few I'm casual FB friends with. There is one I would go out with if the opportunity ever presented itself. But I don't go hunting for that.

Same here.
Some last year, but most this year are easy to talk and laugh with; they may chat for a few. I am more relaxed around them and treat them different.
Most last year and only some this year are strictly get their kids and go; barely speak and I don't push it. They intimidate me a little or annoy me that they are grumpy gills.

[daycarediva]

Honestly, I used to like all my parents. I have since become a little more business orientated and less interested in parents and their lives outside of business so naturally I've gotten less close to the parents and therefore can't say I like or dislike any of them.
There are a few I think I could probably be friendlier with but it's worked better for me (business wise) to keep it strictly business.

If I didn't have a general rapport with them, they wouldn't be clients. They aren't all people I would chose to be friends with though. My opinion of them isn't really relevant for a business relationship.

I guess you could say that I like the clients who keep their end of the contract.

[Ariana]

I don't really "like" any of them. I don't agree with some of their parenting philosophies and most of them can be hard to get along with. I am friendly and cordial with all of them though. One current client clearly wants to be friends with me and is constantly asking me to do things outside of daycare which is a bit annoying but she means well.

[mommiebookworm]

I like 2 out of 5 Moms. I don't really see becoming friends with any of them.

[spedmommy4]

I have 12 enrolled familes and like most of them. There are only 2 families that I like enough to consider hanging out with outside of work.

[nanglgrl]

Family #1: Like the parent. Similar parenting styles but she's a first time mom so she gets a little too gung ho sometimes (I was her once). She believes a little bit too much in the "newest ways to raise the best child ever" and is a little gullible but nothing I can't handle. Always follows my policies. I couldn't see us hanging out not because there is anything wrong with her but because we don't have anything in common.

Family #2: Like the parents. They're a little helicoptery but they appreciate me and the care I provide. They always follow my policies and go above and beyond to provide things for daycare. I couldn't see us hanging out because I'm a goof and they seem very straight laced and serious even though they're friendly.

Family #3: Really like the family. They always follow my policies. They bring me gifts and show appreciation. We have similar parenting styles and they never complain. I could see us hanging out but that wouldn't happen until I wasn't watching their child anymore because it's just not something I do.

Family #4: Have only met dad a few times but see mom daily. When they first started the length of time she hung out in the morning drove me a little bonkers but we're in a groove now and she picks up on my signals on the days I just don't feel like talking. We have similar parenting styles, they follow my policies and she's goofy so I could see us hanging out but not until her kids age out of my daycare.

Family #5: I see both parents daily. They are nice but have different beliefs than a I do. They follow all of my policies. I couldn't see us hanging out because we are very different in some key beliefs.

Family #6: I only see the mother. Shes young and is doing an awesome job parenting. She follows all of my policies and I enjoy talking to her. The only reason I wouldn't hang out with her if her child wasn't in my care is that she's much younger than me.

Family #7: I only deal with this family because I love their child and all of my other families are so great. They are young. They try to bring their child sick, try to bring their child with food, try bring their child with choking hazards, don't call when they're not coming (often), don't call when they're coming late, try to drop off after my cut off time, bring their child when he's exhausted, and pick up late. The only things they don't do are pay late, show up when I'm closed or try not to pay on my paid days off. They're child is absent often and they are part time so I don't have to deal with them a lot, if I did I would term. I'm thankfully that I don't have a problem with and it doesn't stress me out to tell them no at the door. No outside food, no choking hazards, no he looks sick take him home and on and on and on. They are young but still good parents they just don't seem to get I'm not a babysitter. My policies can be met with an eye roll or sigh at times but they always do as I say. I just wish i didn't always have to enforce my policies at the door with them.

Basically I get along best with easy going people who love their kids, aren't too hyped on the most current parenting craze and above all respect me and my business. I would never hang out with anyone who had a child enrolled in my care though and haven't in the 15ish years I've been doing this.

[BumbleBee]

Honestly?

2 families that I like.

2 families that I can't stand but they follow the rules and their kids are ok

The rest are somewhere in the middle.