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Forum: Daycare providers' experiences with parents

Questions, issues, experiences with parents.

  1. Pressure to switch dayhomes to grandma

    I thought this would be the best section to post my question in. My DD is with a great dayhome now through an agency, partially subsidized. I'm a...

    Started by 1sttimer, 11-25-2016 11:07 AM
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    11-25-2016 09:04 PM Go to last post
  2. Parent wants to visit to see child's behaviour

    I've had this family since January. They have been coming 3 days/week and now mom just got a job and her son (14 mos) will be starting FT. Since she...

    Started by 2angels, 04-26-2013 08:10 AM
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    04-26-2013 04:45 PM Go to last post
  3. Anyone come across this?

    So I just started my day home, I've only had a week with this dcg. This morning mom drops her off and mentions she started threatening to "spank" her...

    Started by 2cuteboys, 03-05-2013 10:44 AM
    parents, spanking
    • Replies: 5
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    03-05-2013 02:28 PM Go to last post
  4. Fall/winter gear requests

    I'm considering sending a notice to parents to bring proper gear for fall/winter. Has anyone had a parent react negatively to this? I'm trying not to...

    Started by 2cuteboys, 10-24-2013 12:09 PM
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    10-30-2013 08:20 PM Go to last post
  5. How to talk to parents about their shortcomings?

    I'm at the end of my rope with almost 4 year old dcb. Bit of background: Dcb incredibly passive and unmotivated. He is also very defiant in a...

    Started by 2cuteboys, 04-09-2014 05:39 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    04-10-2014 03:08 PM Go to last post
  6. Help with uncooperative drop in parent!

    I need some advice on a drop-in/back up care client. Thanks in advance! So I had a parent contact me on Wednesday for care this coming week only...

    Started by 2cuteboys, 11-02-2014 04:21 PM
    • Replies: 6
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    06-07-2019 07:33 AM Go to last post
  7. Unhappy 38 years love the children "is there help for parents"

    38 years I have raised my surrogate children but I think I'm starting to lose my mind. Is it just old age or are parents becoming more and more...

    Started by 2nd mom, 10-29-2011 02:42 AM
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    06-30-2012 06:53 AM Go to last post
  8. Angry Dangerous parent beware

    dear daycare providers I just want to let everyone in Calgary who runs a dayhome know of an experience I had with a potential parent this week. She...

    Started by 2nd mom, 03-15-2013 11:40 PM
    • Replies: 9
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    03-23-2013 12:43 PM Go to last post
  9. So what is your policy on school bus cancellations?

    I have a mom that is really pisses because she now has to leave work to pick up her child from school, drop him off to me, then go back to work. Two...

    Started by 33 Daiseys, 02-03-2016 11:27 AM
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    02-04-2016 12:37 PM Go to last post
  10. Smile Not sure how to move forward

    So we have bought a house, a will be moving on April 2 of this year. I haven't mentioned anything to anyone just because we still have the...

    Started by 33 Daiseys, 03-10-2016 12:38 PM
    • Replies: 6
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    03-13-2016 10:52 AM Go to last post
  11. Christmas crafts and parents......:(

    Advice with how to move forward. So I have a difficult parents that really gets on my nerves at times. thinks we sit on our butts all days that...

    Started by 33 Daiseys, 12-13-2016 12:26 PM
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    11-14-2017 08:16 AM Go to last post
  12. I wish, I wish.....

    I really wish that there was a way to warn other providers about families that we have had to let go of. Would you be grateful for such a thing? Do...

    Started by 33 Daiseys, 01-04-2017 03:48 PM
    • Replies: 5
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    04-25-2017 12:52 PM Go to last post
  13. Emptying Drinks on My Driveway

    I have a family that for the third time this month has been emptying their soft drinks (the carbonated kind) on my driveway & it’s really starting to...

    Started by 935, 07-29-2019 07:30 AM
    • Replies: 2
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    07-31-2019 12:29 PM Go to last post
  14. Covid Not Taken Seriously by DCP

    Some advice needed. I have a family (my only family left at this point) who are not really taking this Covid19 thing seriously. They are still...

    Started by 935, 04-09-2020 07:31 AM
    • Replies: 2
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    04-19-2020 07:45 PM Go to last post
  15. Immunization question - what would you do?

    Hello, I had a parent contact me looking for one day per week. In my contract, I state that I require all children in my care to be immunized, and...

    Started by AcornsFalling, 11-16-2013 11:48 AM
    immunization, vaccination, vaccine
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 11,032
    11-17-2013 10:29 PM Go to last post

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