What Do Parents NOT Know About You..

[Meyou]

-That I watch shows like True Blood and Weeds during nap time (quietly...)

I do that too and it feels so bad!! I'm in a separate room with one earphone in for sound but I still feel like it should be late at night when I watch my bad shows. Californication is another one I hide for.

[Zoe]

I do that too and it feels so bad!! I'm in a separate room with one earphone in for sound but I still feel like it should be late at night when I watch my bad shows. Californication is another one I hide for.

I have my hand close to the remote in case my DD5 comes out of her room, more because I wouldn't want her to be scared. Not necessarily the language. I figure nap time is MY time and as long as they're supervised properly I have the right for some "bad" TV as my husband calls it.

[Ariana]

-That I let your DD sleep longer than an hour because I know she needs it.
-I wash her clothes when needed and brush her hair every day so she learns that someone cares about her
-I DON'T GIVE A RATS BEHIND ABOUT YOUR WORK DAY!! When you're droning on and on about your "work day" I'm totally zoned out and thinking about what I'm going to do that night. I'm here to give support to your kids, not to be a sounding board for you. We're not friends!!

[sharlan]

I hate Monday mornings or Tues after a 3 day weekend.

As much as I hate Mondays, I LOVE Friday afternoons.

I also do the bathing, nail clipping, washing of clothes without telling parents.

[kendallina]

That I read a lot of professional development magazines and books and truly truly LOVE working with children (well, they probably all know that part).

That I need a LARGE cup of coffee before their kids come to me in the morning.

That I have to speed clean in the morning before they get here, because I never clean after my own DD goes to bed at night...hehe

That I take the children's suggestions to heart-one day I asked the group what they wanted to do for 'kids choice week' and one girl suggested playing dress up, so I went right out to the thrift store and bought a bunch of dress up clothes.

That doing preschool with my own daughter enrolled in my class is probably the hardest part of the whole thing.

That on the weeks I don't update the blog are usually the BEST weeks curriculum-wise, but those weeks also take a lot of planning time, so I don't always get the updating done. They probably think that those are the weeks that we don't do much.

[E Daycare]

They don't know that when the day is over that's it for me. I close shop, dust my hands and don't think about them till they step in my door the next time. To me it's a business. I don't care what they do on the weekend, where they are going later, what their lives are outside my home. Drop the kid off with money and what I'll need for them and go.

They don't know my religious background or lack there of. To me it's irrelevant to child care. Don't tell me yours as you won't care about mine either.

Also, like most women, I'm good at faking it. It takes 5 seconds to smile and be on my day. I'm jolly old saint Nicholas for all they know.

[AfterSchoolMom]

...that I live in a fairly large, nice house in a nice neighborhood, but really, honestly can't afford for them to "just catch up with me on Monday". If they don't pay, we don't eat.

...that I only tolerate their SA children because it's what works best with my own kids' schedules. My own children come first in everything I do. If I didn't have them to worry about, I'd MUCH prefer to care for infants.