Forum: Caring for children

I am at a loss with my handful and I have always questioned whether I am the best fit for him or if group care is the best fit for him. He has these...

Why can't I just have a pleasent last week of work.... My problem kid body checked another kid this morning when another parent was dropping off....

I have a 20 month old who has taken to pulling on clothing and hair all of a sudden. The victims of this behavior tend to be soft spoken and when she...

So I have an almost 3 yr old boy in care. His Mom got pregnant last fall then she lost her job in January. So she dropped him down to two days a week...

My 2 yo DCB aka: "the handful" is having a rough day but I am wondering if I am handling him appropriately in general. I have seen improvements but I...

I have had a 1 year old here for about 2 months and I'm having a tough time with eating and drinking. The parents told me she had all of the skills...

Hello, I am about to sign up a new client very soon, so she wanted to leave her son with me for an hour to see how it went, to which i agreed to for...

At 2.5 years (31months) is the 'average' child supposed to be able to go off and play, care free for a period of time? I can't tell if my DCG girl...

My handful is still challenging and I have dreamed of discharging him but its just not practical. Plus he has a lot of redeeming qualities and I like...

I have a 2 yo dcb who has been with me for just over 2 months. At the interview, he was misbehaved and the parents did not do anything about it,...

How do you all find the boys in your program vs the girls? Maybe it is just the boys I have had in the program but they have all been more high...

So, a daycare boy was here all day, and had a blister on his mouth. I've never seen impetigo, and didn't think much of it. I thought it might be a...

DC mom asks me to stop napping her kid (2.5 yrs old). She knows the rules, I had her other daughter. She keep s commenting on how late her daughter...

Perhaps this is just a vent...as I know this too shall pass. This is the third child I have had for same family. Kind, generous, supportive family....

Here's the long and short of it I have had a child in my day home for 2 years. There have been all kinds of behavioral issues, basically this...