What does it mean when adults talk about kids like this?

[Ashleyy]

Why do people use quotation marks when they talk about their kids sometimes. For example one might say that there four year old daughter “helped“...

[Debbie@home]

Hello All,
I need your counsel. I’ve been running a daycare in my home since 2007. I’ve modified my basement area for that purchase. Over the...

[Core12]

I had a parent not bring pull-ups for her 22 month old, said I didn’t text for them...only wipes. Which I’m sure I did. Anyway, I asked her to plz...

[Baby Beluga]

When a caregiver (parent, grandparent, nanny, etc) is asking you a question, but directs it at the child (who cannot yet understand/respond) do you answer?...

[lovemykidstoo]

I have a dcm that is so passive agressive it drives me nuts. She always is making comments that her child says (yea right) to get a point across. This...

I'm a lurker but I had to share this. It's long but worth the read. I'm a very small legal childcare provider. I've only had 1 or 2 little ones at a time....

[Tasha]

I am so angry right now and I don't know if it's justified. I got up at 6 this morning and saw that I had a text from a new dcm sent the night before...

[KiddieCahoots]

This is my biggest problem in child care, and I would greatly appreciate any help deciphering the better of the two, or a new route altogether?
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[Msdunny]

I had to close for the day Monday because of no heat or hot water. Two of my moms were very sympathetic, and offered their houses for showers. The third...

[Leanna]

because a parent made you uncomfortable?

A little back story. DCM and I used to work together years ago and were friends. When DCB 2.5...

All of a sudden My best DCK is falling apart at daycare whenever its time to cleanup. Then all I get is tears and "I want my so and so". I'm...

[Needavacanow]

Hello ladies, have lurked here for years, created an account ages ago, and am finally going to post. Although I'm not an active poster, the advice on...

[jojosmommy]

I have a 6 yr old boy who is terribly passive agressive.
"I wonder what I am going to eat with..." (When I haven't yet set his fork...

[AfterSchoolMom]

I'm thinking of writing a message to the family that was a no-call, no-show for their interview today that just says "I'm assuming that you picked...