Am I Over Reacting?/ Vent

[Inspired by Reggio]

Nope, I would be mad if a client did that to me as well! I have policies and procedures around things for a reason ~ 20 years of learning what works and does not work in GROUP CARE ~ so you either respect that and follow them OR you find a lil ole pink slip in your backpack one day saying 'see ya later'

Well, to be fair, he has stayed sitting on the couch, but I have had to tell him and my daughter to be quiet a few times.
On a side note, it seems all the children here today have decided that they don't want naps! Yay!

And this is why I do not do HALF DAYS cause you just cannot trust clients to not do what is best for THEM in the mornings and well their kid sleeping 2 hours in the morning while they are home means BREAK for them and they do not care if YOU do not get one cause in their mind they are paying you!

Plus with not having everyone on the same 'schedule' it is hard to get kids to nap properly .... honestly if you were a child again and you KNEW that others were up and playing, even quietly, would you WANT to nap willingly even if you were tired or would you resist nap time so you could be down there with them? Think about those times like Christmas or family gatherings when our parents were up having 'fun' and we were resisting going to bed ~ everyday is Christmas for kids in daycare they do not want to miss out on anything

Kids are social it is normal to want to be up and doing what everyone else is doing which is why at my house EVERYONE, regardless of age, has quiet time for an hour on their cot/bed this allows the youngest ones to get into a deep sleep so that if the older ones are up doing 'quiet' things and making light noise they do not wake up from it and yes this is when I take MY break and sit down for my own quiet time!