Kick To The Chest

[PitterPatter]

Wow two hours a day less. That's AWESOME. Having one kid for two hours a day would never make me happy. I couldn't do it. No matter how you slice it you can't make money. The only scenario I could see that would work is it were two hours of sleep time for the child. If it's awake time it wouldn't work.

Is the schedule the problem with the Mom?

No I have been working 10 hr days for her and only her for over a yr. When I got other kids they still left by 4:00 so I figure if I close at 5:00 new parents my fit into that schedule. I don't open until 8:00 tho. The prob is Drama and just plain rudeness and a lot of it recently. We used to have a great relationship but I started letting things go and letting people walk on me... so my fault as well.

[nannyde]

I guess Power Rangers must be getting popular again! Many years ago, I worked at a center for a while. We had sooo many problems with the kids kicking and hurting each other and the excuse was always "But I was just being a Power Ranger"! The director put a huge poster size notice on the door that said "Ranger Free Zone"!

I don't allow violent play of any kind. The kids are not allowed to play "killing" each other and such. I don't have any play weapons of any kind either. I believe there are a million trillion things children can play that don't include killing and hurting...even if it is pretend.

I don't allow it either. I don't allow any super hero play because they inevitably get to the dark side of it. It's either escalating or violent.

I don't know how long you have been doing it but I remember PRECISELY when cartoon network became a channel that was IN the normal basic package of cable packages. It creeped it's way into my house when it was a pay channel kid by kid... of the kids who had parents that could afford it.

When it became a part of the basic lower priced channel packages EVERY kid had it.

I had my share of cartoon addicts.

The Disney channel used to be NO commercials and only clean programming BUT it was also a pay channel and it was pretty expensive. There claim to kid fame was NO commercials.

Then they changed it to they just had their SHOW commercials. Then they changed it to product commercials.

The days when it was all clean disney stuff and little kiddy programming was so awesome. I remember Wee Sing was really sweet.

I miss those days.

I know there has always been chase cartoons and good vs evil cartoons but I have a place in my heart for pure shows like old school barney and wee sing.

[Meeko]

I don't allow it either. I don't allow any super hero play because they inevitably get to the dark side of it. It's either escalating or violent.

I don't know how long you have been doing it but I remember PRECISELY when cartoon network became a channel that was IN the normal basic package of cable packages. It creeped it's way into my house when it was a pay channel kid by kid... of the kids who had parents that could afford it.

When it became a part of the basic lower priced channel packages EVERY kid had it.

I had my share of cartoon addicts.

The Disney channel used to be NO commercials and only clean programming BUT it was also a pay channel and it was pretty expensive. There claim to kid fame was NO commercials.

Then they changed it to they just had their SHOW commercials. Then they changed it to product commercials.

The days when it was all clean disney stuff and little kiddy programming was so awesome. I remember Wee Sing was really sweet.

I miss those days.

I know there has always been chase cartoons and good vs evil cartoons but I have a place in my heart for pure shows like old school barney and wee sing.

Amen Nannyde! I've been at this gig for 25 years now. I don't have tv hooked up at all at day care. I allow videos at the end of the day after we have cleaned up and are waiting for parents. But only ones graded and vetted by me! My own youngest daughters are aged 16 and 14....but there are many pg13 movies I will not allow them to see. However they have friends who watch R rated stuff regularly. I just don't get it...I'm just to old school I guess!

[MsMe]

I am having a REALLY hard time with Power Ranger/Transformer play. I have a group of 6 boys all 3yrs turning 4 in the next couple of months. They are obsessed with action play. I am at my whits end trying to stop it. For an entire year I have had to correct each of them several times a day.

ANY ideas you can suggest to help me nip this would be appricated.

These boys can also NOT keep their hands to themselves even if they manage to not be play fighting they are ALWAYS touching eachthere. ALL I hear is "johnny touched me" "mike touched my mat"

I have been in Daycare for 7 years and and this last year has been *ell.