Dark Side of Early Childhood Education

[Cat Herder]

In my opinion a good director makes a good centre. In every terrible centre I have been in, the director was terrible. Like any workplace they have the power to make or break moral and team spirit.

Completely agree. Some seem to revert back to their "mean girls" routine from junior high and stay there for their entire lives. It is a workplace full of mostly women and sadly many seem to enjoy tearing each other down instead of building each other up. Human nature, I suppose. :confused: Setting a great example for women's equal pay and equal respect issues.

[Ariana]

Completely agree. Some seem to revert back to their "mean girls" routine from junior high and stay there for their entire lives. It is a workplace full of mostly women and sadly many seem to enjoy tearing each other down instead of building each other up. Human nature, I suppose. :confused: Setting a great example for women's equal pay and equal respect issues.

YES! So glad to be out of that toxic environment.

[flying_babyb]

Completely agree. Some seem to revert back to their "mean girls" routine from junior high and stay there for their entire lives. It is a workplace full of mostly women and sadly many seem to enjoy tearing each other down instead of building each other up. Human nature, I suppose. :confused: Setting a great example for women's equal pay and equal respect issues.

THIS is the director at the center I work at. She expects 1 year olds to stay 4 kids in an area and the teachers to keep them there. She also expects us to feed 4 kids at a time, "its not devlopmentally approprate for the kids to eat at the same time. infants and toddlers are on there own scedual>." so everyday we have 4 kids eating and 4 screaming at the top of there lungs cause there hungry.
she constantally yells. As soon as we see her porshe pull up, the teachers all start announcing Code red has arrived.

[Cat Herder]

As soon as we see her porshe pull up, the teachers all start announcing Code red has arrived.

I had one of those, too back in the day. :hug: She drove a new Eddie Bauer Bronco (aging myself, here) and loved to ride everyone's...... while she painted her nails, doused herself in her bath and body works peach spray and left mid-day three days a week to go tanning. She looked like an Oompa-Loompa and a California Raisin had a kid dressed like Fran Drescher in "The Nanny" but constantly told us how frumpy and mousy we looked in our required khakis and matching butter-yellow blouses. Ah, the good old days.

[Snowmom]

I had one of those, too back in the day. :hug: She drove a new Eddie Bauer Bronco (aging myself, here) and loved to ride everyone's...... while she painted her nails, doused herself in her bath and body works peach spray and left mid-day three days a week to go tanning. She looked like an Oompa-Loompa and a California Raisin had a kid dressed like Fran Drescher in "The Nanny" but constantly told us how frumpy and mousy we looked in our required khakis and matching butter-yellow blouses. Ah, the good old days.

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OMG, the visual I'm getting is stunning.

[Cat Herder]

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OMG, the visual I'm getting is stunning.

:::::: I still can't tolerate the smell of peach cobbler to this day.

[flying_babyb]

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OMG, the visual I'm getting is stunning.

ours wears slutty tight tops (shes a BIG gal) with designer jackets and shoes. Then we ask for supplies (soy milk, diapers, changing paper) and were told we have to wait till easter seals approves it, cause she aint paying. We also waited 4 months for her to repair the BULLET holes in the window cause it was too expensive.

[Unregistered]

Childcare center

I totally agree with a lot of these post. Childcare center is very demanding and very stressful with teachers that are under paid and over worked. This field is a lot to deal with- I think more training and people that have the love for children should be the ones that work with children. The field is not for everyone. But I have experience some of the same things that was stated earlier in a post - u go to the boss but you still get no results. It is sad. I run a family Childcare in my home - each day bring along something different. But I have a deep love for children and more time than often - it still becomes stressful.

[Unregistered]

I totally agree with a lot of these post. Childcare center is very demanding and very stressful with teachers that are under paid and over worked. This field is a lot to deal with- I think more training and people that have the love for children should be the ones that work with children. The field is not for everyone. But I have experience some of the same things that was stated earlier in a post - u go to the boss but you still get no results. It is sad. I run a family Childcare in my home - each day bring along something different. But I have a deep love for children and more time than often - it still becomes stressful.

Wow, so glad I have recently retired from doing daycare for 37 yrs! I had done daycare in my home for 37 yrs and only took on 2 children at a time so that I could really give them the love & care that they deserved and needed at the toddler age. It is a very stressful job where your underpaid and much of the time dont feel appreciated. I don't think I could have worked in a center for that exact reason of the directors being like that,that's not right for the employee and the kids.
What has happened in this society that there is such a lack of respect for employees and children. Children are our future and we need to show them at even the young age that they matter and are shown thru their daycare yrs respect and how to act when they are adults.
Centers need to be run better and hire directors that really put the kids and employees first.