Difficult Parent

[renepietersen]

Hi. I own a home based daycare centre in South Africa. I am having to deal with an extremely difficult and over protective single mother. Her youngest...

[Msdunny]

I officially open next week, and I have already had a friend message me to see if I would keep her 2 SA grandchildren for two days during their track...

[Rockgirl]

For most of us, it has taken awhile to develop our backbones and say NO to ridiculous parent requests. Anyone want to share stories of what they used...

So....I have had this child since he was 6 weeks old, he is now 2.

It has been one thing after the other. So first his mom gets off work...

[Ac114]

Help me feel better about this decision PLEASE!

I had to term a family immediately today. A little back story. They’ve only been in care...

[Ac114]

I have a DCM that is expecting and was admitted last night to the hospital for dehydration and observation due to having extreme morning sickness. I sympathize...

[MrsJ]

I am currently providing care for two kids (one family) that bring a TON of stuff. It's more than I've ever seen anyone carry along. Baby boy brings a...

I have a new client who started last week. From the start I have issues with them......
They were at another center and were to give two week...

[Mummy101]

I am very quick to avoid confrontation. I hate the awkward moments when parents just blatantly "forget" my policies. I am still cultivating...

[vivivi113]

I work in different classroom now. When I work with older children, I feel like I am not firm enough because they act out sometimes; but when I work with...

I hate this constant feeling that my daycare parents don't respect me.

Before the holidays, I sent a very detailed email about taking some...

[Georgiads]

Hello everyone,

I'm an obsessive reader of this forum but this is my first time posting!


I along with my mother...

[Boymom]

A dcd asked if I could stay open until 6 instead of 5:30 2 nights a month and I said I won't stay open past 5:30! Whoop whoop! I felt SO bad saying no...

[MunchkinWrangler]

Well, I did it. Sent an obviously sick child home. All the signs were there, they were extremely late and there was mention of minor symptoms. Which,...

Hello!

I have been in the childcare field for over 10yrs, but this is my first year being a licensed provider. I found this forum on accident...