Silliest Thing A DCP Ever Complained About

[lovemydaycare0912]

I used canned potatoes in a salad (with 100500 other ingredients, so they worked okay), but eating them by themselves, like potatoes? c'mon. and fresh ones may be actually cheaper.
we have a FreeCycle group in town, they collect food for Thanksgiving/Christmas that the group leader distributes herself. good, they feed people. but then Spring comes, with all the lack of vitamins, and Summer, with heat and all... and everyone forgets about those people they fed so well over the holidays. as if they only need to eat for about a month a year.
I'm not going to brag that I volunteer at a soup kitchen: I don't. but it is in the Summer I remember all the canned stuff I've been squirreling away and take it to the food bank. no, no canned potatoes it is a drop in a bucket, I fully realize it. but, hey, "do what you can and let it be."

Yeah when she said she only fed the homeless on Thanksgiving I gave her the side eye. I help the community all the time. I think me letting the kids explore with half a can of peanut butter is okay. She also had lots of other issues I won't get into now

[adnilwis]

The craziest thing that anyone ever asked of me was when a DCM asked me to not only NOT tell her son NO but she wanted me to also prohibit everyone from saying NO. And I'm not just talking about her not wanting us to tell him NO but she didn't want the use of the word NO at all, ever. So even if he asked me a question that required a NO as an answer ("Can penguins fly?") she didn't want me using the word, didn't want the daycare kids using the word, didn't want my own kids or husband using the word, didn't want me to allow THE OTHER PARENTS FROM USING THE WORD NO!

I told her NO ::

Wow! I swear adults need to take classes on how to become parents. Ridiculous!

[Mad_Pistachio]

Yeah when she said she only fed the homeless on Thanksgiving I gave her the side eye. I help the community all the time. I think me letting the kids explore with half a can of peanut butter is okay. She also had lots of other issues I won't get into now

as long as there are no allergies preventing an activity, I'm all for that. my daughter loves sensory play, and digging her fingers into peanut butter would thrill her to no end.

[Sumshine]

Unrealistic Requests

I had a parent with a child who has asthma/allergies - asked if we could cancel outdoor time so her child wouldn't be exposed to allergens. I told her no.

They lasted a week.

I am newly licensed and have been doing tours/interviews and the last one I did had to be the best. I explained the healthy meals I serve as I'm on a food program and she says "Oh no no my child would never eat anything like that if I provided them would you make him chicken nuggets and fries everyday?" I stopped there and explained I opened my daycare because I have a lot to offer these children and I no longer nanny as I want to do things the way I feel is best for the children who enter my home for care and giving her child chicken nuggets and fries every day is not what's best in my opinion and that she should look elsewhere as my daycare is for all the children not just 1 and even my son who loves himself some chicken nuggets and fries had to eat whats on the menu for everyone. I couldn't believe that someone would even ask that and expect I'd serve her kid chicken nuggets and fries and tell all the other kids they have to eat their sandwhich, pasta, taco, etc. Really?! She also asked I never allow him to nap even if he's tired and fussy as she likes to lay him down at 6:30 nightly and needs to ensure he falls asleep by then... he was 3!

[LysesKids]

I am newly licensed and have been doing tours/interviews and the last one I did had to be the best. I explained the healthy meals I serve as I'm on a food program and she says "Oh no no my child would never eat anything like that if I provided them would you make him chicken nuggets and fries everyday?" I stopped there and explained I opened my daycare because I have a lot to offer these children and I no longer nanny as I want to do things the way I feel is best for the children who enter my home for care and giving her child chicken nuggets and fries every day is not what's best in my opinion and that she should look elsewhere as my daycare is for all the children not just 1 and even my son who loves himself some chicken nuggets and fries had to eat whats on the menu for everyone. I couldn't believe that someone would even ask that and expect I'd serve her kid chicken nuggets and fries and tell all the other kids they have to eat their sandwhich, pasta, taco, etc. Really?! She also asked I never allow him to nap even if he's tired and fussy as she likes to lay him down at 6:30 nightly and needs to ensure he falls asleep by then... he was 3!

Back in 2008 (after 8 years of daycare) I had a family ask if I would serve fried chicken, say prayers before meals & teach bible stories; if you had read my website it's obvious I am not a Christian only daycare ( I am nature based), much less one that fries food .

To this day I get such silly requests that I put it on my website that I will not cater to each families personal needs because I am a business owner not a personal nanny... this includes NOT serving all the kids vegan meals, teaching bible stories or co sleeping

[daycare]

wow some of these are so shocking. I wonder what parents think when their child goes on to formal schooling...

I recall having a parent that was so angry at me during an interview. they wanted g-ma to be able to come and stay with the child all day. I had to laugh I couldn't resist saying, then what do you need me for.....

the odd thing was that they did not get it at all when I told them I couldn't allow for it.

I wonder what people are thinking sometimes.

[Annalee]

wow some of these are so shocking. I wonder what parents think when their child goes on to formal schooling...

I recall having a parent that was so angry at me during an interview. they wanted g-ma to be able to come and stay with the child all day. I had to laugh I couldn't resist saying, then what do you need me for.....

the odd thing was that they did not get it at all when I told them I couldn't allow for it.

I wonder what people are thinking sometimes.

They don't think....that's the problem! I had a dcm say this week "I know your contract says payment is due 52 weeks per year but does that include your Christmas break" Only one more day this week and I am done until Jan 4....so need the break!

[Josiegirl]

They don't think....that's the problem! I had a dcm say this week "I know your contract says payment is due 52 weeks per year but does that include your Christmas break" Only one more day this week and I am done until Jan 4....so need the break!

Must be her year has more than 52 weeks?

[Baby Beluga]

Back in 2008 (after 8 years of daycare) I had a family ask if I would serve fried chicken, say prayers before meals & teach bible stories; if you had read my website it's obvious I am not a Christian only daycare ( I am nature based), much less one that fries food .

To this day I get such silly requests that I put it on my website that I will not cater to each families personal needs because I am a business owner not a personal nanny... this includes NOT serving all the kids vegan meals, teaching bible stories or co sleeping

The last center I was at (years ago) I had a family ask if I would leave piles of food on the floor scattered throughout the room so their child could crawl & walk around while grazing on the food. She said this is what they do at home because he wouldn't sit and eat at the table.

[happymom]

The last center I was at (years ago) I had a family ask if I would leave piles of food on the floor scattered throughout the room so their child could crawl & walk around while grazing on the food. She said this is what they do at home because he wouldn't sit and eat at the table.

OMG I am dying at this one. REALLY!? I can't believe people do that. I make my kids eat at the table, together, with us. WTH are people thinking...I can't imagine asking SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THIS FOR ME!?

[Rockgirl]

I had a mom who wanted her 12 month old to just fall asleep on the floor wherever she got tired. That's how they did it at home. Baby would just crawl around until she was exhausted and crash out on the floor. When she woke up, she would get back up and crawl away. It took a few weeks of training, but she did end up being a great napper, in a pack n play.

[Baby Beluga]

OMG I am dying at this one. REALLY!? I can't believe people do that. I make my kids eat at the table, together, with us. WTH are people thinking...I can't imagine asking SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THIS FOR ME!?

Yup. It was a first for me. This particular center was a hoity toity "private preschool" that enrolled infants through school age. We were near an Intel campus and therefore had a lot of families from Intel. A lot of those families also happened to not be native to the US. We had a LOT of unusual requests and complaints.

[daycarediva]

I had a mom who wanted her 12 month old to just fall asleep on the floor wherever she got tired. That's how they did it at home. Baby would just crawl around until she was exhausted and crash out on the floor. When she woke up, she would get back up and crawl away. It took a few weeks of training, but she did end up being a great napper, in a pack n play.

I had one that did this and the food piling infant request, too! He was my screamer baby (and last infant-EVER). They called him a 'free range' baby. DD babysat for them, and not even their home was childproofed. NOTHING. He had no routine, no schedule, no set sleeping area. His whole life was an unstructured mess. DD said they treated him like their dog. eg "Dcb want a treat, come here, come here" and would sprinkle food on the floor.

[Pestle]

I had one that did this and the food piling infant request, too! He was my screamer baby (and last infant-EVER). They called him a 'free range' baby. DD babysat for them, and not even their home was childproofed. NOTHING. He had no routine, no schedule, no set sleeping area. His whole life was an unstructured mess. DD said they treated him like their dog. eg "Dcb want a treat, come here, come here" and would sprinkle food on the floor.

>_< That's not free range. That's continuing to live as though you have no children. The whole concept of free range is to equip your children to live like adults sooner, building their survival and judgment skills. >_<

[daycarediva]

>_< That's not free range. That's continuing to live as though you have no children. The whole concept of free range is to equip your children to live like adults sooner, building their survival and judgment skills. >_<

It sounded like non-parenting to me.