Really?!

[mimi]

Jec, while I hear what you are saying, understand your perspective and appreciate your opinion, I have to say this forum and the ladies who are part of it have made me become a better provider and business person. The vents I read from some providers are women like us who are letting off steam to people who will understand where they are coming from - for the most part. We vent because we don't have the co-worker beside us or at the water cooler to roll our eyes and shake our heads with. Sure, some can get quite heated, but then we can respectfully say what we think too. We need to vent, it is healthy for us. As far as parents reading what we write on this forum, I am glad they do. The smart ones will understand where we are coming from. These parents, I am sure, have to deal with the public in their jobs to some capacity and understand that dealing with lots of different people and personalities can be a pain in the @ss sometimes and that they vent too. Check out the professional servers forum or a teachers forum, wow some of the situations can make most of ours seem so trivial.
I agree, we need to try to balance our discussions and I find we do. Some of us tell about good times with the kids and the funny things they say and do. I always always appreciate the suggestions for menu, craft and problem solving. When someone has a question or issue, I am always surprised how many of us respond with productive suggestions and insight with lengthy tales of how they coped or have a solution to a problem. Cudo's to them everytime they respond because I know free time is not abundant. Anyway Jec, thanks for bringing this up, I've been wanting to say thanks for a while now to the members of this forum.