Can't Have "Mom" Conversations Anymore. Just Me??

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Me either. I get myself in trouble though, because I'm the 'sarcastic one liner type' Mom with no filter.

I'm not terribly popular in these situations.

Oh how I wish you lived near me. I much prefer spicy moms to perfect moms. ::

[lovemydaycare0912]

haha well I've never been in this situation before. AT least that I can recall. But I know from my experience, as BC said, parents learn from action, not words.

[Mariahsaint]

Honestly, I couldn't stand "mom conversations" even when my own children were really young.

But that's just because I'm pretty apathetic when I know they aren't going to try out my advice.

[spedmommy4]

If a parent asks and is genuinely interested in the answer I will "educate" them.

If not, I don't waste my breath.
I've got better things to do with my time.

I don't think it does any good as it's evidenced (by this board and all the venting threads we read every day) that parents don't really care.

I tend to agree. When I worked as an Early Intervention Specialist, my job was to educate parents. I learned to quickly identify which parents were going to join me in the learning process.

I take a similar approach with people I don't know. If they appear "attached" to their misguided opinion about how childcares operate, I nod, smile and move on. Alternatively, if someone was genuinely curious, I would share.

[Ariana]

If a parent asks and is genuinely interested in the answer I will "educate" them.

If not, I don't waste my breath.
I've got better things to do with my time.

I don't think it does any good as it's evidenced (by this board and all the venting threads we read every day) that parents don't really care.

Very true and is mainly the reason I say what is on my mind! It makes ME feel better, even if it is going in one ear and out the other ::

[sleepinghart]

I'm with you there.
I haven't even started the business yet, but if I heard people complaining about child care in general, I'd have a hard time to not speak up.

How else will they learn?

~This is true. I speak up sometimes when I'm in a crowd or group of moms carrying on about child care or such & such in the hopes that there is just one there that maybe feels the same way but is too scared to say something and on the rare chance that just one may learn something.

Unfortunately they rarely learn from words.

As evidenced within this forum, they learn from actions.

~This is true too...unfortunately.

[Unregistered]

We are childcare providers not babysitters! We teach so much to children on a whole other level than most babysitters, if they want some "me time" they need to get a babysitter or just take a day off but providers needs their holidays as much as anyone else.

And wait until their kids attends school, all schools have lots of holidays/breaks and their hours are shorter!

[laundrymom]

I've responded with,
That's an interesting perspective. Why do you feel that way ?
And they respond with a variety of answers. It gives the opportunity to actually see how they are thinking this way. And I might not get them to change their minds, but at least I have more insight.