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Dear Parents,
We are on YOUR team! We want the best for your children, and it is in everyone's best interest to make sure that your child is a well behaved, happy, healthy, mannerly, member of society. We spend hours of awake time with your children. They have become part of our family. We love them. We teach them to crawl, walk, talk, use the potty, read, write, and more. We have the patience of saints, and we do our best to teach your children patience as well.
But there are a few things that make our job harder. As a member of our team, YOU have the power to make things better, so we can all cross the finish line as winners together.
1. Please, please, please DO NOT bring your sick child to daycare. It makes us very irritated when you knowingly do so (and we can tell when you give them meds in the morning). It gets the other kids sick. It gets our own kids sick. It compromises the quality of care that we provide, because we are stressed with keeping everyone else healthy, sterilizing after your sick child,and the stress of having to call you home from work to pick up your child is immense. It costs us money- if we have to close for the day because our own kids are sick, most of us dont get paid. It costs YOU our respect- we know when you know your child is sick. follow our sick guidelines. Diaharrea is NOT caused by teething, by the way, and allergies don't infect other people. This is MY personal #1 complaint. Parents are worried about the spread of infectious diseases...until their kid gets sick- then they send them off to daycare. That is wrong, immoral, and bad parenting.
2. Respect our time. Most providers work 10-12 hour days. When you come 10 minutes early for drop off, you are extending my day by 10 "free" minutes, because most of us are extra kind to you and dont charge you for those 10 minutes. And when you are "just 10" minutes late (everyday), again, it shows that you do not respect our family time. Would you want your boss to keep you overtime and not pay you?
3. Communicate Communicate Communicate!!!! We want to be there for you. We want to help you. But you have to tell us what's going in your life. If you HAVE to be 10 minutes late, tell us, and tell us why. We are very understanding. If you are dropping off way leter than usual, tell us. Nothing makes us more irritated than waiting around for your child all morning. Just because we are home doesn't mean that we don't have anything to do that day. There is a reason that your child often behaves better for us than for you. we have a set schedule. We are consistent. We need you to be a part of our team and help us keep our schedule. The day goes smoother, and we, and the kids, are happier.
4. PAY ON TIME! Would you want to lose your house because you didnt pay on time? Do you want to lose the loving, child provider who has bonded with your precious child because you can't pay on time? We have bills too! When you don't pay on time, it means we may not get groceries that day, or gas for the car to take YOUR kids on an awesome field trip. It causes us extra stress. We are not happy when we are stressed. Don't you want the person who is having the most influence on your child's life to be happy? Pay on time, please. Set up an automatic payment. Do a direct deposit. Whatever you need to do. It is important to us, therefore it should be important to you.
5. Dress your kids properly. This means hats and gloves if its windy. Don't send your kid in white pants and new clothes, unless you expect them to get dirty, and don't get mad at us when they do get dirty. Getting dirty means your child is having fun, playing outside, and learning about the world. Getting dirty means we are doing our job, and helping them to play and grow. God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt.
6. Your child is NOT potty trained unless they can come to us and tell us that they have to go to the bathroom. Period. I do not have time to take your child to "try" once every hour. It's wonderful that they can pee pee on the potty, but don't think you can send them in underwear and expect us to take them, for them to be successful. it just won't work.
7. We don't all just "babysit" because we can't do anything else. Many of us have college degrees in very important fields, and even master's degrees as well. We do childcare as a choice. Mostly, to stay with our own children and raise them. We raise your kids like they are our own. We love them like our own. We care for the single most precious asset that you have. For that fact alone, we deserve a lot of respect. Don't look down on us, and don't call us a "babysitter." We do not sit on your baby while watching soaps and eating bon bons.
To the parents who pay on time, and give us gifts during the holidays, and happily pay our vacation and holidays without sarcastic comments: THANK YOU! We love you! We appreciate you! You are the ideal team member! THANK YOU for telling us that you know we put in a lot of hard work and you appreciate it. Thank you for keeping your sick child at home. Thank you for all YOU do!! We love parents like you. We brag about parents like you! When you need a little extra help or time or support from us, we will happily be there for you, and sincerely mean it. You are wonderful!
To the rest of you, re-read 1-7.
Sincerely,
Your loving Provider.
We are on YOUR team! We want the best for your children, and it is in everyone's best interest to make sure that your child is a well behaved, happy, healthy, mannerly, member of society. We spend hours of awake time with your children. They have become part of our family. We love them. We teach them to crawl, walk, talk, use the potty, read, write, and more. We have the patience of saints, and we do our best to teach your children patience as well.
But there are a few things that make our job harder. As a member of our team, YOU have the power to make things better, so we can all cross the finish line as winners together.
1. Please, please, please DO NOT bring your sick child to daycare. It makes us very irritated when you knowingly do so (and we can tell when you give them meds in the morning). It gets the other kids sick. It gets our own kids sick. It compromises the quality of care that we provide, because we are stressed with keeping everyone else healthy, sterilizing after your sick child,and the stress of having to call you home from work to pick up your child is immense. It costs us money- if we have to close for the day because our own kids are sick, most of us dont get paid. It costs YOU our respect- we know when you know your child is sick. follow our sick guidelines. Diaharrea is NOT caused by teething, by the way, and allergies don't infect other people. This is MY personal #1 complaint. Parents are worried about the spread of infectious diseases...until their kid gets sick- then they send them off to daycare. That is wrong, immoral, and bad parenting.
2. Respect our time. Most providers work 10-12 hour days. When you come 10 minutes early for drop off, you are extending my day by 10 "free" minutes, because most of us are extra kind to you and dont charge you for those 10 minutes. And when you are "just 10" minutes late (everyday), again, it shows that you do not respect our family time. Would you want your boss to keep you overtime and not pay you?
3. Communicate Communicate Communicate!!!! We want to be there for you. We want to help you. But you have to tell us what's going in your life. If you HAVE to be 10 minutes late, tell us, and tell us why. We are very understanding. If you are dropping off way leter than usual, tell us. Nothing makes us more irritated than waiting around for your child all morning. Just because we are home doesn't mean that we don't have anything to do that day. There is a reason that your child often behaves better for us than for you. we have a set schedule. We are consistent. We need you to be a part of our team and help us keep our schedule. The day goes smoother, and we, and the kids, are happier.
4. PAY ON TIME! Would you want to lose your house because you didnt pay on time? Do you want to lose the loving, child provider who has bonded with your precious child because you can't pay on time? We have bills too! When you don't pay on time, it means we may not get groceries that day, or gas for the car to take YOUR kids on an awesome field trip. It causes us extra stress. We are not happy when we are stressed. Don't you want the person who is having the most influence on your child's life to be happy? Pay on time, please. Set up an automatic payment. Do a direct deposit. Whatever you need to do. It is important to us, therefore it should be important to you.
5. Dress your kids properly. This means hats and gloves if its windy. Don't send your kid in white pants and new clothes, unless you expect them to get dirty, and don't get mad at us when they do get dirty. Getting dirty means your child is having fun, playing outside, and learning about the world. Getting dirty means we are doing our job, and helping them to play and grow. God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt.
6. Your child is NOT potty trained unless they can come to us and tell us that they have to go to the bathroom. Period. I do not have time to take your child to "try" once every hour. It's wonderful that they can pee pee on the potty, but don't think you can send them in underwear and expect us to take them, for them to be successful. it just won't work.
7. We don't all just "babysit" because we can't do anything else. Many of us have college degrees in very important fields, and even master's degrees as well. We do childcare as a choice. Mostly, to stay with our own children and raise them. We raise your kids like they are our own. We love them like our own. We care for the single most precious asset that you have. For that fact alone, we deserve a lot of respect. Don't look down on us, and don't call us a "babysitter." We do not sit on your baby while watching soaps and eating bon bons.
To the parents who pay on time, and give us gifts during the holidays, and happily pay our vacation and holidays without sarcastic comments: THANK YOU! We love you! We appreciate you! You are the ideal team member! THANK YOU for telling us that you know we put in a lot of hard work and you appreciate it. Thank you for keeping your sick child at home. Thank you for all YOU do!! We love parents like you. We brag about parents like you! When you need a little extra help or time or support from us, we will happily be there for you, and sincerely mean it. You are wonderful!
To the rest of you, re-read 1-7.
Sincerely,
Your loving Provider.
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