Forum: Daycare providers' experiences with parents

Hi All, Just curious if anyone has terminated and given a completely different reason to the parents just to keep peace and protect your business...

Help! Need advice......I have a 15 month old dcg who absolutely has refused to eat/drink ANYTHING here since day 1 (same at home as well), she is...

Sorry, I have posted about this issue a bit in the last while. I am feeling pretty vulnerable though. 3 yo dcb made a comment about wanting to go...

How do you handle the fact that a parent can't even follow a simple request as "please call me to make an appointment". Instead the client just keeps...

Alright so I'm an occaisional evening smoker. Like once every couple of weeks after a drink with the hubs I'll have a cigarette. My daycare fams know...

I woke up to a text from a mom whose children I occasionally care for. Her text said 'I wonder if you babysit in the evening? It's important'. I...

Hi Everyone, I'm new to this :) Anyways, I'm a fairly new daycare (although I've been in the field on and off for 14 years), and I have this...

An ex-client (who is the only mom who has become my friend and client at the same time) became friend with the Director of one of the branches of a...

Wondering what others policy is on leaving behind bulky items such as strollers and wagons, etc. I've had this issue pop up a couple of times in the...

Had a parent call me today and ask to use my house as a drop off/pick up point for their child so the parents don't have to see each other (newly...

Like for example, if you have to give them notice of termination, account in arrears etc. I only watch a child once a week and they are three weeks...

So upset I'm shaking!! Omg!!! I've had this one mom for about 3.5 months.. She is always trying to skimp or get out of paying me, trying to cut...

So, we're having a major heat wave here and one of my dcm brings in her kid in....sweats!!?? She even brought his jacket....just in case, she said. ...

So, I have this dcm who's kind of a Type A personality (also a little bit of a PITA personality if the truth be told but never mind....) :laugh: So,...