Jec, I think you had a really hard day and we all have those. As some of the others already stated, this is a PUBLIC forum and parents and providers alike can view it. I tell the absolute truth when I come here to help another provider with a problem and I post a lot of personal things about the children in my daycare and things I've learned over the years. But I'm not afraid of any backlash happening to me because what I post is the honest truth and I have nothing to hide.

I run my daycare with 100% of my energy and I'm proud of my program and my efforts. My families really appreciate me and that is proven by the way they recommend me to people all the time that I usually have to try to find somebody else for them because I'm full with a waiting list. But I admit it, I have one family who give me small problems and make me angry and their child has very annoying personality traits. Can I put the particulars of that on this forum? NO! So that's why other forums such as you described are really important.

But on private forums where only daycare providers can view it's easier for us to really vent about our frustrations knowing that if we have a child or parents who are giving us problems that we can tell it like it is just to get it off our chests, you know?