You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me...

[daycare]

Just smile and be your friendly self.

It's the weekend. No one talks shop during a social event.

Plus, it wasn't personal at all. It was business.

You have no reason to feel awkward or uncomfortable at all.

Smile, be friendly and hold your head high.

Being a business woman is hard work.
Being a good business woman is even harder.

Be proud of yourself!

I love your advice BC....

Yes, don't feel bad about it and if you must, do it today. Promise yourself when you wake tomorrow, it will be a feeling you no longer have to carry with you and go on as usual.

I live in a small city where I run into all of my dcp. I have had to term parents and at first felt horrible seeing them, I would get anxiety.

I stopped doing that and just go on with my day as usual. Sometimes I will stop and say hello, mostly if they have their child with them, but I don't let it upset me, change me or make me feel bad.

I agree be proud of yourself...guess what standing up for yourself is going to get even easier......take a bow..... you deserve it.

[Boymom]

Just smile and be your friendly self.

It's the weekend. No one talks shop during a social event.

Plus, it wasn't personal at all. It was business.

You have no reason to feel awkward or uncomfortable at all.

Smile, be friendly and hold your head high.

Being a business woman is hard work.
Being a good business woman is even harder.

Be proud of yourself!

I seriously needed this so much. Thank you, BC :hug:

[Boymom]

I love your advice BC....

Yes, don't feel bad about it and if you must, do it today. Promise yourself when you wake tomorrow, it will be a feeling you no longer have to carry with you and go on as usual.

I live in a small city where I run into all of my dcp. I have had to term parents and at first felt horrible seeing them, I would get anxiety.

I stopped doing that and just go on with my day as usual. Sometimes I will stop and say hello, mostly if they have their child with them, but I don't let it upset me, change me or make me feel bad.

I agree be proud of yourself...guess what standing up for yourself is going to get even easier......take a bow..... you deserve it.

Thank you! I am learning so much from you all in this forum; not only how to run a successful daycare, but how to be a stronger person. I've always had just about zero confidence, but I'm getting better thanks to you all!

[ColorfulSunburst]

This.
Absolutely.
Or
I'd put him in a diaper until pickup. Give him a great big cup of chocolate milk 15 min before and stick him in underwear.

seriously?!
I think it is not a good to use a kid. The two adult women have not a wish to find a compromise. The both of them are acting in a passive aggressive way. Why should the kid be involved into this, especially in such a dirty way?!?:confused::dislike::dislike::dislike:

[Boymom]

seriously?!
I think it is not a good to use a kid. The two adult women have not a wish to find a compromise. The both of them are acting in a passive aggressive way. Why should the kid be involved into this, especially in such a dirty way?!?:confused::dislike::dislike::dislike:

You're kidding, right? ::

[ColorfulSunburst]

You're kidding, right? ::

I am not!

[Boymom]

I am not!

I'm pretty sure she was kidding!!! I didn't actually do that, nor do I think she was being serious!

And I am not being passive aggressive...I told the mom on Thursday at pickup that dcb had THREE accidents that day and he would need to be in pull-ups from now on until he was ready. She decided to not listen to me and put him in underwear. I don't understand how that's being passive aggressive!

[ColorfulSunburst]

I'm pretty sure she was kidding

I hope.

[Meeko]

She was kidding! Have you never seen those signs in beauty salons etc. that say

"Unattended children will be given a double espresso and a puppy" ??

It's a joke. They don't actually DO it......

I tell my daycare parents that if they are late picking up, I will have their child in a plastic bag on the porch. They know that I am joking......

[daycare]

She was kidding! Have you never seen those signs in beauty salons etc. that say

"Unattended children will be given a double espresso and a puppy" ??

It's a joke. They don't actually DO it......

I tell my daycare parents that if they are late picking up, I will have their child in a plastic bag on the porch. They know that I am joking......

Lol. I love that we can all laugh and joke in a business that keeps us so serious all day. Glad we have this place to joke around.

I tell parents anyone who's not here by 5 their kids will be helping to scrub toilets. ������

[Josiegirl]

I hope.

Good grief, of course it was meant to be a joke. As I'm always telling my kids, 'have a sense of humor!'


I've learned so much just from this topic! Things to change in my handbook. Again. Thanks for posting!
And to have chocolate milk on hand.

[Gemma]

I wish I had the guts to do it! I'm already nervous about handing her the letter because I'm too nice, but I am praying for confidence!!

I think we were all "too nice" at first....then we learned to stand up and "demand" the respect we deserve!
Once you do that a few times, you will feel so much better about this job, I promise!:hug:

[sharlan]

She was kidding! Have you never seen those signs in beauty salons etc. that say

"Unattended children will be given a double espresso and a puppy" ??

It's a joke. They don't actually DO it......

I tell my daycare parents that if they are late picking up, I will have their child in a plastic bag on the porch. They know that I am joking......

I tell mine that the kids will be duct taped to the tree out front. I actually have pictures where my daughter used USPS packing tape (the red, white, and blue stuff) and taped 2 of my kids to the mailbox for the mailman to pick up. The kids are laughing and the parents thought it was funny.

[Unregistered]

I had one family who when the dad brought the boy, he always came in with a baggie of candy. I would take the candy away after dad left and get it back out for him right before mom picked up. It seemed only fair.

Coincindentally, that particular boy was the reason I now have potty training rules that say potty training starts at home only. I don't potty train anyone at my daycare. They do all their practicing at home on their own time and when they start telling me they have to go and are dry after naps, THEN they can wear pullups at daycare. Two weeks with no accidents and they can do all the wiping and pants up and down by themselves, then they can do undies. This mom would try bringing him in undies under the pullups and every single time he did, he pooped in them. I would bag that up as is and send it home without washing it. I always wondered if she threw them out. She never said anything about the dirty underwear, even though I would tell her not to put them on under the pullups. The dad admitted one day that they gave him candy for using the potty and so he went every 20 min at home just so he could have more candy, where at daycare, I did not give candy and he was not at all interested in going. I did not feel one bit bad about giving him his candy and a HUGE drink right before he went home.

[Boymom]

Mom didn't show up today. I knew she wouldn't! BYE FELICIA!!happyface